Ending the School Budget Crisis Today

IF we immediately stopped buying textbooks, AND used some of the strategies here,

AND, IF

we cancelled all copying machine rental contracts, all laminating machine and most paper purchases AND used curriculum resources from Larry Ferlazzo selected by subject area, free resources from the Net for (Special) Education by Paul Hamilton, the free UDL resources here at CAST, and the Free Technology Toolkit for UDL in All Classrooms,

THEN,

we would end the school budget crisis TODAY and make the curriculum accessible to 99% of all students, including those with learning, cognitive and physical disabilities.

Reducing unneccessary budget expenditures while removing the obstacles to learning and shifting instructional methods away from textbooks, lecture and print-based materials (which no research has validated as superior methods) provides money for actual learning.

Do you have a better solution?

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Larry Ferlazzo's "Best of .... for 2007"

Larry has created an incredible resource for educators teaching ELL, EFL,and ESL and I have blogged about in the past. Now he has compiled a list of his 14 Best Web 2.0 Applications for all educators and it is clearly worth a look. No one does a better job of accumulating resources that benefit students and teachers.

But he didn't stop at creating just one list. He has put together a number of excellent resources by categories - Best Math Sites, Best Social Studies Sites, Best Science Sites, Best Online Learning Sites, Best Web 2.0 Applications for ESl/EFL Learners, etc. They can be accessed here:

Larry Ferlazzo's Best of the Year Lists