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Good Citizenry 101
Heather G. Wolf I’m a second year doctoral student at the University of Kansas. I am studying technology interventions in the special education department in addition to my part-time job as a special...
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Artistry in Teaching: Tales from Master Teachers
Artistry in Teaching: Tales from Master Teachers _______________________________________________________________ During the CRL’s (Center for Research on Learning) 35 years of operation, we’ve worked...
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Size Matters and Stealing Can Be Good
Size Matters and Stealing Can Be Good Earle Knowlton Long ago, my Granddaddy said that the best things said are said with precision and brevity. His learning objects often were Shakespearean: “He who...
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Heroic Teachers Provide Hope
Teachers have been in the news again this school year. However, this time, the stories are not about standardized test scores, teacher preparation programs, or accountability measures. This time,...
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Good Citizenry 101
My son was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome (AS) when he was five and a half. Typically, children that young are not diagnosed with AS. AS is said to be a high-functioning form of autism where the...
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Context Matters
I was recently asked to comment on special education and disability research in the 21st century for a presentation for KUPD, the student special education association at KU, and I’ve elaborated on...
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Partnering with Military Families
Military families face many of the everyday challenges that civilian families experience. Hectic careers collide with child rearing, family time, rest, recreation, and community involvement. The...
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“Presume Competence”
For four centuries, educators, and philosophers have encouraged teachers to begin instruction with student strengths and an understanding of students’ individual differences (see Dewey, 1938; Herbart,...
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Resilience
It was a warm spring day, and coincidentally, the proudest of my young life in academia. The end of my 2nd year as a doctoral student at KU was closing in, and, along with two friends, I had recently...
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Autism and Effective Practice
Recently I was asked to do a Hawk Hopes Lecture entitled Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and Effective Practice: A Model for Selecting and Implementing Evidenced Based Practice (EBP). This lecture was...
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A Financial Investment…Coaching Teachers
I was asked to guest blog on Hawk Hopes. My initial thought was, gosh, I’m not sure I’m really a blogger. Then, I felt the need to learn; expanding myself into something new…you know, live on in the...
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Partnership in Professionalism
A few years ago, I was introduced to a new paradigm for working with people both personally and professionally. The Partnership Principles of Instructional Coaching (Knight, 2007) changed the way I...
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Preparing Professionals
We are thrilled to share this blog from two graduates of the KU program who are extending the work of their alma mater on the ground, in their faculty positions. Congratulations, Drs. Lancaster!! We...
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Thinking Differently
My original intent for this blog was to pick up on the recent themes of partnership and coaching. My twist was to discuss partnerships with parents whose children are enrolled in early intervention. I...
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Updated Blog Site . . . Coming Soon!
KUPD is happy to announce a restructuring of the Hawk Hopes Blog! We will be posting exciting teasers about what the new blog will contain. All current and past entries will be moved to the new...
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What We Don’t Say: The Danger of Silence
By Maggie Beneke What was not said? Who was silenced? These are the questions that are lingering in my mind after reading Frederick Erickson’s work (1996). His analysis of classroom discourse has me...
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I’m sorry, I didn’t know
By Laurisa Ballew Today I headed to the grocery store. I took with me one envelope of grocery money, one non-verbal three-year old, a purse full of snacks, and a cup of milk. I even had a list, which...
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I’m Not a Volleyball Player, but I Am a Reader
By Melinda M. Leko When I consider my identity I immediately think of my roles as mother, teacher, wife, daughter, friend, researcher, animal lover, and reader. I do not, however, identify as...
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Discovering Those Hidden in Our Community
By Matthew J. Ramsey, Ph.D. The summer before my 8th grade year, I was working for my father on the farm. In fact, I’d worked for my father on the farm every summer, but this summer was different...
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A Priority Call for Evidence-Based Practices
By Richard L. Simpson Barbara Bateman (1994) reminds us there are some issues in our field that are perpetual. Each generation of professionals wrestles with these same basic matters. These themes and...
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