Last Word: An Education That's Really Special

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A mother of a Downs Syndrome daughter writes of her experiences in keeping her daughter, Kathryn, out of special education classes, and in classes with normal children. Finally at the age of fifteen, with home schooling, Kathryn had individualized lessons, as well as a melange of special interest classes from ballet to gardening in the community. Mother and daughter both have learned from and enjoyed this ongoing experience at home schooling.

Elementary schools, Mentally Handicapped, Preschoolers

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Last Word: Self-Starting Writing Exercise Flounders

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Coming up with good ideas is often difficult for young writers. One high school teacher in Arizona tries to remedy this by giving students short exercises to generate reaction. Unfortunately, the exercises only work well when students are serious. Examples and reactions are given.

Student

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Last Word: A Modest Proposal

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Several tongue-in-cheek suggestions are given to remedy the writing crisis in today's schools. These ideas, which if followed, would save children from semi-literacy. The suggestions range from abolishing all form letters to banning television.

Children, Digital television, Language arts, Educational Testing, Diagnostic Assessment

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