Dear Friends and Colleagues:

This section of my site is devoted to Cutting Edge Technologies and Best Practice Interventions for children and adults with disabilities. I hope it is helpful to you. Margaret J. Kay, Ed.D.

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Doing What Works Doing What Works is a website dedicated to helping educators identify and make use of effective teaching practices. Doing What Works contains practice guides developed by the Department’s Institute for Education Sciences that evaluate research on the effectiveness of teaching practices described in the guides. The website also contains examples of possible ways this research may be used, but not necessarily the only ways to implement these teaching practices.

U.S. Department of Education Promoting Education Excellence for all Americans

Achieving Educational Excellence:  The Agenda for the First Decade of the Twenty-first Century   Shirley McCune
A nationally recognized expert in educational change outlines a plan for restructuring schools in the 21st century.

What Will It Take?    David Conley
What are the characteristics of quality schools that make it possible for students to master the ambitious academic standards of Washington State?  Is there a relationship between the funds provided the schools and the results?  The What Will It Take (WWIT) project is focused on finding answers to these challenging questions.

Recreating Schools for All Children    John Morefield
In this article, the author identifies twelve characteristics of successful schools, and the common mistakes made by well-meaning educators that get in the way of success.

What is the Gates Foundation Doing in Education?  An Interview with Kenneth Jones   Dee Dickinson
A visit with Kenneth Jones of the Gates Foundation.

The What Works Clearinghouse was established in 2002 by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences to provide educators, policymakers, researchers, and the public with a central and trusted source of scientific evidence of what works in education.

The National Center on Student Progress Monitoring (NCSPM) has exciting: downloadable articles, power point presentations, FAQ's, and links to additional resources about student progress monitoring, curriculum based measurement, applying decision making to IEP's and other researched based topics. All of our publications are designed to inform and assist audiences in implementing student progress monitoring at the classroom, building, local or state level.

The Learning Disabilities Association of America is here to help if you are a parent or teacher of a child with a learning disability – or have learning disabilities yourself. Typical learning difficulties include dyslexia, dyscalculia, and dysgraphia – often complicated by associated disorders such as attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Since 1963, LDA has provided support to people with learning disabilities, their parents, teachers and other professionals. At the national, state and local levels, LDA provides cutting edge information on learning disabilities, practical solutions, and a comprehensive network of resources. These services make the Learning Disabilities Association of America the leading resource for information on learning disabilities.

Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania (DRN) is a statewide, non–profit corporation designated as the federally–mandated organization to advance and protect the civil rights of adults and children with disabilities. DRN works with people with disabilities and their families to ensure their rights to live in their communities with the services they need, to receive a full and inclusive education, to live free of discrimination, abuse and neglect, and to have control and self–determination over their services.

Parents for Evidence Based Education is a nonpartisan, grassroots organization with the belief that education policy should be instituted based on high quality, mainstream, relevant research, rather than by the unsubstantiated "beliefs", "philosophies" and "ideas" that guide our current system.

Assistive Technology, Inc. is a premier developer of hardware and software solutions for people with physical, cognitive, and speech disabilities. Explore our website to learn more about our augmentative communication devices, speech-generating devices, assessment software, and services.

Announcing a new community on the Education Hub, titled Standards Aligned Systems. This community will aid in continual school and district improvement. It also houses new math resources available to Pennsylvania educators and offers Unpacked Assessment Anchors (previously Learning Nexus) that will aid in the alignment of instruction.

The Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, Inc. (COPAA) is an independent, nonprofit, §501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization of attorneys, advocates and parents. Our primary mission is to secure high quality educational services for children with disabilities. COPAA is premised on the belief that the key to effective educational programs for children with disabilities is collaboration -as equals- by parents and educators.

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Last modified: July 11, 2010