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...longer work at Harvard, but I am not difficult to find, so I was surprised to learn that although the reporter recently contacted other former employees, some for the second time, he neither contacted me again nor quoted any of my comments to him last spring. The article would have been much more balanced and accurate had he investigated more thoroughly the support and guidance that Dean Nathans has given to both students and employees over the years. For example, I told the reporter last spring that I had found Dean Nathans to be "extremely supportive" of her staff...
...what he calls "baby stuff" versions of Tom Dooley and When the Saints Go Marching In. The two most useful things I take away from the first lesson are a chord chart and Moser's advice on how to practice: "Swear in the name of Scott Joplin always to learn the left hand first...
...Everyone I know who works with undergraduates, myself included, has virtually unlimited faith in the ability of students to grow and to develop and to learn from both failures and successes," she writes in an e-mail message. "Responding in a disciplinary way to an action a student has taken is never inconsistent with responding with appreciation to the personal growth that a student may achieve through the process...
...excited to talk to your reporter about the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills and how we students learn to do well on the exams [EDUCATION, Sept. 11]. Your story included part of a quote from me about my reaction to the TAAS: "Your heart starts pounding, and you think, 'I'm going to go blank.'" But I was disappointed that you didn't publish some other things I told your reporter. I also said, "But then you see the questions, and you think, 'Oh, I know this stuff.'" The story made it sound like I was scared...
...LEARNING TO LEARN The thinking has long been that kids with dyslexia and other learning disabilities must work twice as hard to absorb as much as their peers. Now some teachers are making classwork more inviting to all students by adopting dyslexia-friendly "universal instructional designs" that use visual aids like slides, repeat concepts several times and allow more time for tests and note taking...