Education

And Now We Will Hold You To It

November 5, 2008

We now have President-Elect Barack Obama, and the two years of campaigning, all the incessant political ads, tens of millions of votes, the raw emotions of this day, and – regardless of how you feel about the outcome – the history we have now witnessed have quickly turned into just preamble. That’s about how long [...]

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Obama and McCain on Autism Spectrum Disorders, Education, and Health Care

October 30, 2008

I had intended to write some sort of analysis of the Presidential candidates and their policies relating to autism spectrum disorders, education, and health care. After I wrote some of it, I realized that’s an epic topic somewhere on the order of “How carbon has influenced the evolution of the Earth.” So, I’m going to [...]

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This Little Light

May 30, 2008

I originally wasn’t going to weigh in on the recent, reprehensible treatment of Alex Barton by his kindergarten teacher in St. Lucie County, FL because it’s been written and blogged about at length all over the Web. I didn’t really know what I could add to it. But prominent bloggers who write about issues related [...]

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Preschool and IEP – The Adventure Begins!

April 15, 2008

We had our first meeting with the school system today! Mary and I took the 25-minute drive down to where most all of the county and state child-oriented offices are. Architectural aside: You can tell that the construction of this building and the passage of the legislation that mandates special ed services might have had [...]

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