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WHAT'S NEW @ SPECIAL EDUCATION NEWS

WHAT'S NEW @ SPECIAL EDUCATION NEWS -- www.specialednews.com

January 21, 2002

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LESSON PLAN SPOTLIGHT....

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" The Fox and the Crow " Helps Kids Read -- From the National Center for

Accessible Media's Cornerstones program

>>> Read more:

www.specialednews.com/educators/lessonplans/cornerstoneslesson011802.html

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RECENT HEADLINES....

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* ESEA, APPROPRIATIONS BILLS KEEP SPECIAL ED UNDERFUNDED

January 20, 2002 -- After the special ed community came tantalizingly close

to getting a commitment from Congress to pay the whole bill for federally

mandated special ed services, the final version of the Elementary and

Secondary Education reauthorization bill emerged from last fall's

behind-the-scenes wrangling with no promise of adequate special ed funding.

>>> Read more:

www.specialednews.com/washwatch/washnews/fy2002funding012002.html

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* BUSH'S SPECIAL ED COMMISSION MAKES A PLAN BUT NEEDS MORE TIME

January 20, 2002 -- The President's Commission on Excellence in Special

Education laid out its plan to evaluate the successes and failures of

special ed in the United States last week, but with six task forces each

needing to gather input from the special ed community and meet publicly at

least once, the commission says it will not make President W. Bush's

aggressive April 30 deadline for a final report.

>>> Read more:

www.specialednews.com/washwatch/washnews/bushcommission012002.html

* TELL THE BUSH COMMISSION WHAT YOU THINK!!!

We've posted a list of the commissioners and their e-mail or web addresses:

>>> Find them:

www.specialednews.com/washwatch/washnews/bushcommissioners112001.html

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* ONLINE LITERACY PROJECT TARGETS KIDS WITH HEARING DISABILITIES

January 18, 2002 -- Public broadcasting's National Center for Accessible

Media has developed a new online program to help children with hearing

disabilities learn to read. Cornerstones is based on Between the Lions, a

PBS TV series that uses a comprehensive literacy curriculum to introduce

kids from four to seven years old to the written word through stories,

letters, signs, recipes, songs and other forms.

>>> Read more:

www.specialednews.com/educators/ednews/hearingonlinereading011802.html

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* DATA REPORT: READING PROBLEMS SLOW LEARNING; LEARNING PROBLEMS SLOW

READING

Supported by research showing that kids who do not learn to read early in

school encounter other learning challenges more often, the Bush

Administration has made reading a focal point of its " No Child Left Behind "

education plan. Bush wants all kids reading by the end of third grade, a

significant challenge considering the 2000 National Assessment of

Educational Progress reports that 37 percent of the nation's fourth graders

are reading below basic level.

>>> Read more: www.specialednews.com/educators/ednews/datareading011802.html

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* IDEA FULL FUNDING DROPPED FROM ESEA BILL

Special Ed Interests Win Some, Lose Some

November 30, 2001 -- A plan to cover the added cost of educating kids with

disabilities by 2007 came within two votes of passage in Congress today as

part of a bill reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

>>> Read more:

www.specialednews.com/washwatch/washnews/ESEAbillfinal113001.html

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NEW RESOURCES ONLINE....

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READ, READ, READ!!!

Dozens of books for parents, teachers and kids are now available through

Special Education News.

Check out our Reading Lists:

>>> For Educators: www.specialednews.com/educators/edbooks.html

>>> For Families: www.specialednews.com/families/fambooks.html

>>> Cool Kid Stuff: www.specialednews.com/families/kids/kidbooks.html

>>> Internet & Assitive Technology:

www.specialednews.com/technology/techbooks.html

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On our COOL KID STUFF Reading List page, check out the free educational

software offer from The Learning Network! >>> Find it:

www.specialednews.com/families/kids/kidbooks.html

EDUCATORS can now find dozens of valuable web resources on our new links

page:

>>> Find 'em: www.specialednews.com/educators/edlinks.html

Links to 23 new disability-specific INTERNET & ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY web

sites are now online,

plus 11 new general technology sites:

>>> Find 'em: www.specialednews.com/technology/techlinks.html

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MARK YOUR CALENDARS....

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SPECIAL ED EVENTS ON THE NEAR HORIZON:

* January 23-26: Technical Assistance Alliance for Parent Centers Annual

Conference, Washington, D.C.

* January 24-26: Technology, Reading & Learning Difficulties conference, San

Francisco

* February 7: Deadline for nominations for the Council for Exceptional

Children 2002 Board of Directors

* February 11-15: National Center on Accessibility Training Course: Planning

and Access -- Outdoor Environments and Interpretive Opportunities, Cocoa

Beach, Fla.

>>> Check our calendar:

www.specialednews.com/calendar/calendar.html

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27 STATE CALENDARS HAVE BEEN UPDATED THIS MONTH.

Find out what's going on where you live.

>>> Find your state in our STATE BY STATE section:

www.specialednews.com/states/states.html

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www.specialednews.com/calendar/calform.html

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Special Education News welcomes calls for papers for upcoming conferences.

>>> Send us your information and we'll post it:

www.specialednews.com/calendar/calpapers.html

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GRANT AND AWARD DEADLINES LOOMING:

* January 25 and February 1: Personnel Preparation to Improve Services &

Results For Children With Disabilities -- from U.S. Department of Education

* January 31: The Many Colors of ADHD calendar contest -- from Shire

Pharmaceuticals

* February 1: Annual Teacher Awards -- from Shaklee Institute for Improving

Special Education

* February 1: Eight Grants and Scholarships -- from American Association of

School Librarians

* February 1: Stanley E. Scholarships and Infinitec Scholarships --

from the Foundation for Exceptional Children

>>> Check our Grants, Scholarships and Awards page:

www.specialednews.com/funding.html

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NEW GRANT OPPORTUNITIES AND CONTESTS:

* Brainstorm.com

* Eli Lilly & Co. Foundation cash grants

* Curriculum Associates Excellence in Teaching Cabinet Grants

* Wallace-Reader's Digest Funds Ventures in Leadership grants

* Dell Foundation Literate Communities grants

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