Each day, teachers come to work ready to teach and serve the needs of children. Students arrive curious and eager to learn. Unfortunately, in addition to the small group of students who are a perfect fit for our institutions’ academic mold and other groups of young people who eventually figure out how to squeeze in [...]
All Kinds of Minds Deserve an Education
Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Special-Needs Students
A recent Supreme Court decision ruled that parents who remove a special-needs child from public school can be reimbursed for private instruction if the public system failed to offer an appropriate program for their child. The case involved an Oregon high school student who, after being found ineligible for special-education services by the district, was [...]
Writing with Voice
Instead of writing or typing, students can now use their voices to input text, write papers and emails, search the Web, or control their PC. With Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 by Nuance, you can now talk to your computer and watch the words appear. Mac users can try MacSpeech Dictate, which uses the Dragon speech recognition [...]
