I started a series on psychoeducational assessment to help clarify the information in school psychologists’ highly specialized reports that are presented when students are tested…
Read MoreGames Pirates Play
One time, I went on a blind date with a pirate. Ha! Bet you didn’t see that coming from a blog about education. It’s true….
Read MorePsychoeducational, Not Psycho-Educational
Okay, it’s really the same thing, but when you hand a report to a parent, it’s unsettling to see the word “Psycho” in isolation like…
Read MoreFree the Kids!
I wrote a while ago about the overprotection of children. Turns out, this is a hot topic. You simply must read this article called Why…
Read MoreColor Me Badd
Don’t fret. This isn’t a post about the 1990s R&B group that infused mild rapping into their vocal styling that was so “bad” it had…
Read MoreStar Testing
There’s this corner store by one of my schools that is called “2 Star Groceries.”* I smirk as I go by it every day, imagining…
Read MoreThe Doctor is IN.
Recently, the edublog world has been talking about how teacher accountability might be measured in much the same way doctors are measured—by professional standards, not…
Read MoreAre you Playing Around on the Job Again???
“We can be sure that all happenings, pleasant and unpleasant, in the child’s life, will have repercussion on her dolls” -Jean Piaget I have said…
Read MoreKids Say the Darnedest Things
Sometimes, when I tell people I work in middle schools, the listener’s face turns to that of someone smelling something bad. As one of my…
Read MoreThe Little Engine that Could
I started out my day in an AttorneyPoloozaFest 2008 IEP meeting in which everyone blames everyone else for the child’s difficulties. Not exactly the Monday…
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