DEAR DR. FOURNIER: I am a high-school counselor working with a student who is highly capable but exhibits some deficiencies in reading comprehension. He has recently completed psychological testing that revealed no significant problems. However ...
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OAKLAND, Calif., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Scientific Learning Corp. ( http://www.scilearn.com ) (NASDAQ: SCIL) today announced that the Georgia Department of Education has selected the Fast ForWord(R) ( http://tinyurl.com/6j3qcp ) and Reading ...
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The 6-year-old boy wasn't too interested in the playground just outside the window behind him. He kept his back to it while listening to his father read to him from a book. “He's propping (the book) up toward him so the child can see it,” said ...
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The Charlottesville-based Core Knowledge Foundation, a nonpartisan educational reform organization, is turning its attention to its own backyard. “We’re missing the boat in the state of Virginia,” said Matthew Davis, the foundation’s reading ...
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HELSINKI, Finland – The kids here are smart. Finland's 15-year-olds come out on top in international tests measuring math, science, problem-solving and reading comprehension. (U.S. kids come in below average.) I'll write about how they realize ...
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After reading the article “Cornell Diaries: The Doggie-Style Lover” in the Eclipse insert, I felt absolutely furious; no, livid is a better way to describe the feeling. I hoped quite earnestly that my capacity for reading comprehension had just ...
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It's happened before - Mint Canyon Elementary School Principal Betsy Letzo has come up with some pretty wild ideas. But none have been as hair-raising as her latest reading-enhancement scheme. These were the conditions: If students could read and ...
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