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Hord, Shirley; Bradley, Janice; Roy, Patricia – Journal of Staff Development, 2013
Imagine the opportunity to invest in 2 1/2 years of thoughtful and stimulating interaction and learning with colleagues from around the nation and beyond. In 2010, Karla McAdam was the winner of a competitive Learning Forward Foundation scholarship that allowed her to do just that. McAdam, then a district resource reading specialist for Decatur…
Descriptors: Scholarships, Learning Experience, Reading Consultants, Interaction
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Giacobbe, Alice C. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2012
This article presents an interview with Janet W. Lerner, professor emerita of special education at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Lerner also serves as an adjunct professor in the Professional Assistant Center for Education (PACE) for Young Adults with Multiple Learning Disabilities at National Louis University and as…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Special Education, Elementary Education, Teaching Methods
Manzo, Kathleen Kennedy – Education Week, 2005
Evidence is mounting that federal employees and their agents may have directed or even pressured states to choose specific assessments, consultants, and the criteria for evaluating core reading programs as conditions for getting funding under the Reading First initiative, possibly in violation of federal law. "Education Week" found such…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Federal State Relationship, Professional Services, Audits (Verification)