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Dearborn Academy Dearborn is one of New England's premiere psycho-therapeutic day schools serving children and adolescents with severe emotional, behavioral, and learning difficulties. It is one of the few programs in eastern Massachusetts that also meets the needs of children and adolescents who face both language-based learning issues and emotional challenges. Lesley Ellis School Lesley Ellis School is a nationally recognized independent elementary school (Preschool-Grade 5) offering a progressive, antibias education with ambitious goals for learning. SFC's largest program, Lesley Ellis serves 150 families. Seaport Campus Seaport is a small alternative high school with a unique hands-on learning program that includes opportunities for self-development through experiences at sea. Seaport specializes in supporting teens with non-verbal and social learning difficulties. S.T.E.P. S.T.E.P. (Short-Term Educational Placement) provides stabilization and assessment services designed for elementary, middle- and high-school students who have been temporarily excluded from their schools. This Month
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Friday, October 5
10 Boys Club ... bridging the achievment gap
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Ted Wilson
on Fri 05 Oct 2007 08:54 AM EDT
Several boys were chosen at the beginning of the last school year as they entered the fourth grade to participate ... more »
Tuesday, October 2
Funding special education
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Ted Wilson
on Tue 02 Oct 2007 09:06 AM EDT
The drumbeat about what is and what is not appropriate when it comes to providing educational services to children with disabilities ... or what is and what is not appropriate when talking about the funding of those services ... continues to pound on our sensibilities. The rancor and distrust that pervades the system threatens to further divide those in 'general education' and 'special education'. The latest salvos are reflected in the accompanying links: The first article is another in a series in the Wall Street Journal: http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB119119804628944307-lMyQjAxMDE3OTAxMTEwOTE4Wj.html. The second is taken from a Boston-area TV report on problems and solutions relating to rising special education costs: http://www.thebostonchannel.com/investigative/14223930/detail.html Monday, September 24
A Young Mind in a Growing Brain
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Ted Wilson
on Mon 24 Sep 2007 09:19 AM EDT
In his widely quoted 1997 article “Education and Neuroscience: A Bridge Too Far?” John Bruer argued that, despite substantial progress in brain research, trying to use its discoveries to shape education policy is both uninformative and misleading. Two new books by prominent scientists, The Learning Brain and A Young Mind in a Growing Brain, take on the formidable challenge of beginning to build this bridge by linking advances in our understanding of the biology of brain maturation to phenomena in other domains, namely education and psychological development. Read more at http://www.dana.org/news/cerebrum/detail.aspx?id=632
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