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My Great Kid Radio: Special Education Law w/ Wrightslaw

by Steve on 2, February, 2010

We had the great honor on October 25th of last year to interview Peter Wright from Wrightslaw.
Pete is a pioneer in the area of Special Education Law and truly one of the ultimate child advocates in this country.  We had the joy of being able to host a Wrightslaw conference in 2008 and were stunned [...]

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You Missed A Show? Quick, Get Caught Up!

by Steve on 6, January, 2010

You Missed A Show?
Missed a show?  How could you?
Okay, besides you have a family and the show is on early Sunday mornings.
Then here’s your chance to catch up.  I’ll be posting full breakouts of all the shows we did in 2009 but in the meantime check out any of the shows that you might have [...]

My Great Kid Radio: Bullies, Bullied & Bystanders

by Steve on 11, December, 2009

We spoke with Barabara Coloroso about her book “The Bully, The Bullied and the Bystander”.
We first came across her in the Costco Connection magazine, believe it or not, and thought she had some good information and good approaches.  Coincidentally enough in the last couple of months we’d had a couple of parents talk to us about [...]

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My Great Kid Radio: John Gatto & The American Education System

by Steve on 15, November, 2009

On Nov. 8th we had the honor of speaking with educational expert, John Taylor Gatto, about the current state of the American educational system.
Some startling (and scary) educational statistics to consider……
1 in 5 American Children Drops Out Of High School
Some schools the graduation rate is only 50% ….. or worse. Some a whole lot worse (Detroit [...]

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Don’t Miss Pete Wright (Wrightslaw) This Sun.

by Steve on 23, October, 2009

“Parents will always be catalysts for education reform.”
def: Catalyst: An agent that precipitates -or- accelerates fundamental change

In what is sure to be a phenomenally informative show, this Sunday on the  “My Great Kid” Radio Program (Sunday 8:00am-9:00am, WAAM 1600am or online at www.waamannarbor.com;  A podcast will be posted after the show) we will be interviewing Peter [...]

Mom, Can’t I Skip My Reading Tonight …..

by Steve on 23, September, 2009

Wish I could say I wrote this ……
Can’t I Skip My 20 Mins.of Reading Tonight?

Let’s figure it out — mathematically!

Student A reads 20 minutes five nights of every week;
Student B reads only 4 minutes a night…or not at all!
Step 1: Multiply minutes a night x 5 times each week.
Student A reads 20 min. x 5 [...]

Great Tech & Learning Site – Techno Dys

by Steve on 23, September, 2009

Came across a site called Techno Dys a little bit ago and wanted to take this opportunity to reccommend that you add it to your RSS feed.  They throw up a post a day with different site recommendations (amongst other things) and many of them are real winners worthy of your attention including:

Brightstorm – An [...]

Math Teachers Barely Ahead Of Students

by Steve on 26, November, 2008

Read this story about the recent report from the Education Trust, a children’s advocacy group, and you realize that our biggest challenges right now have less to do with the state of Wall Street and more with the state of our classrooms.
It does reinforce all the more though the need to find out how qualified [...]

More Male Teachers = Fewer Behavior Problems?

by Steve on 18, November, 2008

Even more eyebrow-raising, the research questioned whether a predominantly female teaching force is causing more boys to be labeled as behavior problems because women may struggle in handling the sometimes rambunctious nature of boys. It also questioned whether boys may respond better to a coachlike sternness found in some male teachers.