Colleges adjust to growing population of students with disabilities

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article, on Colleges adjusting to more students with disabilities,is very interesting and a long time coming!!!Enjoy,Judy_____From: CEC SmartBrief Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 2:50 PMTo: jhigginbotham@...Subject: December 26, 2007 - Colleges adjust to growing population ofstudents with disabilitiesClick here for wireless version: HYPERLINK"http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/jplMhxzOfggilyCibizBCtoW"http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/jplMhxzOfggilyCibizBCtoWHYPERLINK"http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/jplMhxzOfggiljCibizBazdQ?format=standard" \nDecember 26, 2007News for special education professionalsHYPERLINK "http://www.smartbrief.com/images/briefs2/cec/branding_title.gif"HYPERLINK "http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/jplMhxzOfggilzCibizBOlBz" \nHYPERLINK

"http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/jplMhxzOfggilCCibizBLSiN" \nHYPERLINK "http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/jplMhxzOfggilDCibizBMCug" \nHYPERLINK"http://www.smartbrief.com/images/briefs2/common/tools_search_news.gif"Curriculum & InstructionHYPERLINK "http://www.smartbrief.com/images/briefs2/common/sec_corner.gif"HYPERLINK "http://www.smartbrief.com/images/shim.gif"* HYPERLINK"http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/jplMhxzOfggilkCibizBihJT?format=standard"\nColleges adjust to growing population of students with disabilitiesAs some 1.2 million U.S. students with special needs are pursuingpost-secondary education, colleges are increasingly digitizing textbooks foruse in screen-reading software and offering more counselors to support suchstudents. HYPERLINK"http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/jplMhxzOfggilkCibizBihJT?format=standard"\nAmerican City Business

Journals (12/21) HYPERLINK"http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/jplMhxzOfggilECibizBOHch" \n* HYPERLINK"http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/jplMhxzOfggillCibizBrkYE?format=standard"\nSchools coach teachers in math to improve student understandingIntroducing algebra basics to first-graders isn't hard, but requireselementary educators to be far more comfortable with numbers than most are,education experts say. "You can't teach what you don't know, and yourstudents won't love the subject unless you love the subject," said I. Gross, a University of Vermont mathematics and education professor. "Allof mathematics depends on what kids do in the elementary grades." HYPERLINK"http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/jplMhxzOfggillCibizBrkYE?format=standard"\nThe Washington Post (12/26) HYPERLINK"http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/jplMhxzOfggilFCibizBSgiU" \n*

HYPERLINK"http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/jplMhxzOfggilmCibizBBJdD?format=standard"\nComics may help motivate, inspire struggling studentsEducators are increasingly looking toward comic books to encouragechildren's literacy and English-language skills. "Teachers are looking forways to engage their children, and they're finding some of that in comicbooks," said Bitz, who founded the Columbia University TeachersCollege Comic Book Project, which in six years has expanded to 860 U.S.schools. "For kids who may be struggling and for kids who may be new to theEnglish language, that visual sequence is a very powerful tool." HYPERLINK"http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/jplMhxzOfggilmCibizBBJdD?format=standard"\nThe New York Times (subscription required) (12/26) HYPERLINK"http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/jplMhxzOfggilGCibizBWZRv" \nEducational LeadershipHYPERLINK

"http://www.smartbrief.com/images/briefs2/common/sec_corner.gif"HYPERLINK "http://www.smartbrief.com/images/shim.gif"* HYPERLINK"http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/jplMhxzOfggilnCibizBNBqg?format=standard"\nMusical background inspires Arizona state education leaderWhen Tom Horne, Arizona's superintendent of public instruction, advocatesfor arts education, he's speaking from experience. "Music has an intrinsicvalue and an instrumental value in education," said Horne, who is anaccomplished pianist and fan of classical music. "We have to see to it thatkids are exposed to those great inheritances of the arts so they can carrythem on to the next generation." HYPERLINK"http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/jplMhxzOfggilnCibizBNBqg?format=standard"\nThe Arizona Republic (Phoenix)/Cronkite News Service (12/25) HYPERLINK"http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/jplMhxzOfggilHCibizBdnXk" \nTechnology TrendsHYPERLINK

"http://www.smartbrief.com/images/briefs2/common/sec_corner.gif"HYPERLINK "http://www.smartbrief.com/images/shim.gif"* HYPERLINK"http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/jplMhxzOfggilqCibizBJNAM?format=standard"\nOnline Spanish-language courses aim to reduce ELL dropout rateWhen Dallas' high school English-language learners return to school afterthe winter break, they will become the first in the state to learn algebra,biology, geometry, chemistry and world history online in their nativeSpanish. While bilingual education is common in Texas at the elementarylevel, a shortage of qualified teachers means most older ELL studentsreceive instruction only in English, which some educators say results insome students falling far behind on the material or dropping out. HYPERLINK"http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/jplMhxzOfggilqCibizBJNAM?format=standard"\nThe Dallas Morning News (12/26)

HYPERLINK"http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/jplMhxzOfggilICibizBkWDn" \n* HYPERLINK"http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/jplMhxzOfggilrCibizBKxMf?format=standard"\nPeruvian children glimpse brighter futures on OLPC laptopsIn the six months since their distribution, 50 One Laptop Per Child machineshave already begun to transform education in one Andean farming village,educators say. "If we make education pertinent, something the studentenjoys, then it won't matter if the classroom's walls are straw or thestudents are sitting on fruit boxes," said Becerra, Peru's head ofeducational technology. HYPERLINK"http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/jplMhxzOfggilrCibizBKxMf?format=standard"\nCNN/Associated Press (12/24) HYPERLINK"http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/jplMhxzOfggilJCibizBtZRY" \nPolicy NewsHYPERLINK "http://www.smartbrief.com/images/briefs2/common/sec_corner.gif"HYPERLINK

"http://www.smartbrief.com/images/shim.gif"* HYPERLINK"http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/jplMhxzOfggilsCibizBMCug?format=standard"\nRuling: City responsible for making sidewalk accessibleA $500 daily fine will continue until Boston fixes a sidewalk inaccessibleto people in wheelchairs, a Superior Court judge decided. A state agencybegan the fines Nov. 30, 2005, after the sloped sidewalk upturned people inwheelchairs or sent them sliding into the street. HYPERLINK"http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/jplMhxzOfggilsCibizBMCug?format=standard"\nBoston Herald (12/23) HYPERLINK"http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/jplMhxzOfggilKCibizBExWX" \n* HYPERLINK"http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/jplMhxzOfggiltCibizBQbAT?format=standard"\nLawmakers say British schools are excluding children with special needsIncreasing numbers of British children with disabilities are being left outof schools, some lawmakers say. Some 55% of students kept out of

school havespecial needs, the lawmakers say, but education officials say fewer studentswith special needs are being excluded than a decade ago. HYPERLINK"http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/jplMhxzOfggiltCibizBQbAT?format=standard"\nThe Independent (London) (12/24) HYPERLINK"http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/jplMhxzOfggilLCibizBQqjA" \nEye on ExceptionalitiesHYPERLINK "http://www.smartbrief.com/images/briefs2/common/sec_corner.gif"HYPERLINK "http://www.smartbrief.com/images/shim.gif"* HYPERLINK"http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/jplMhxzOfggiluCibizBUVju?format=standard"\nCompany gives structure, employment to people with brain injuriesRob Groeschen founded a small manufacturing company to help and employpeople with disabilities, including his older brother, whose brain injuriesprevent him from keeping most jobs. "All along I thought there's got to besomething out there for him," Groeschen said. "But I just

found roadblockafter roadblock. I just decided I was going to have to do it on my own."HYPERLINK"http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/jplMhxzOfggiluCibizBUVju?format=standard"\nThe Cincinnati Enquirer (12/23) HYPERLINK"http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/jplMhxzOfggilOCibizBPrpA" \n* HYPERLINK"http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/jplMhxzOfggilvCibizBbjpj?format=standard"\nCharity helps people with special needs volunteer, find workA Seattle nonprofit aims to help relieve parent caregivers by keeping peoplewith disabilities active as volunteers or part-time workers while at thesame time teaching critical job skills. "Our first goal is to provide themwith a safe place to be when their guardians or parents are at work," saidDarcy Hupf, director of Northwest's Child. "We want to give them ameaningful role in their community and quality of life with happiness andfriendships, and doing things everyone else their age does."

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