Kennedy Krieger Institute For Students With Special Educational Needs
Kennedy Krieger is an institution located in Baltimore, Maryland. Its mission is to improve the lives of children and adolescents with pediatric developmental disabilities. Their services include more than 40 outpatient clinics; neurobehavioral, rehabilitation and programs to assist families. Kennedy Krieger also offers education in its special school with special education programs. These programs are for ...
Standardized Tests: Good Or Bad?
While preparing for the GRE (Graduate Record Examination), I became curious as to how much standardized exams truly measure a student’s ability to think analytically. It’s gotten to the point that standardized tests (MCQ’s, SAT’s, MCAT’s, LSAT’s, CAT’s ITBS’s, GRE’S, GMAT’s) are changing the way schools teach their core curriculum (i.e. teaching methodology). Teachers from different ...
Teaching Kids To Protect Their Planet
As a teacher one of my main focuses is on how to help my students become more aware and productive members of the world community. I want to inspire my students, help them to believe that they are capable of anything and that they are valuable members of society. I believe that one of the ...
How To Prove Your Knowledge
In my previous posts I told about how to succeed in home study. Self-education can give you deep knowledge of a subject, but some people might be skeptical about your qualifications. The reason is that most people are quite conservative and they need to see a diploma or a certificate to believe that you are really ...
Study Skills For Self Education
In my previous post I talked about what personal traits you need to succeed in self education. Now let’s see what particular study skills you will need. The first and the hardest step of self-education is gathering study resources. As you won’t be provided any learning materials, you will have to gain them yourself. You need ...
Is Self Education For You?
Recently I ran into a situation when I had to study a new knowledge area and I decided to learn it by myself. For some reasons whenever I told people about my intention, I saw the same skeptical look on their faces. As I discovered later, self-education really requires some effort and particular learning skills. Self-education ...
Sex Education In Public Schools
Children need to have accurate and age-appropriate information about sex and reproduction, so sex education and sexual literacy development are requirements in public schools. Puberty brings dramatic changes in the lives of children both physically and emotionally. So it is highly important to choose the right teaching strategies and inform children about all they should know. Kids ...
Online Education Programs Or Traditional Public Schools?
Today there are different online education programs available. Online education programs may give no less knowledge than traditional educational institutions. Your child can choose himself when and what he wants to study. K12 is a leader in online education and offers the most advanced online education programs for pupils. You can choose the program and the school yourself ...
