Best The Learning Curve Archives WebTalkRadio.net Podcasts (2025)

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The Learning Curve – The Philadelphia School System Renaissance 29:19

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In January 2012 till August 2012 Philadelphia engaged in a widespread reform of its educational system. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player AndroidRSS Dr. Leroy D. Nunery II was a major driver for that project. Leroy is a former Acting Superintendent and CEO and Deputy Superintendant/Deputy CEO of the Philadelphia School District, so he had…

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The Learning Curve – Gifted Children — But Gifted in What Way? 30:12

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Today’s Learning Curve with Roger & Virginia explores the many aspects of the ways in which children can be gifted and how you can benefit your child by knowing this: and what to do about it. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player AndroidRSS Our expert guest and friend today is Francie Alexander, the Vice President and Chief Academic Officer f…

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The Learning Curve – The Parent-Teacher Home Visit Project—What a Wonderful Idea This is! 22:15

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Wonderful results have been achieved by implementing the simple idea that if teachers visited parents in their homes, both could work together more productively to benefit the child student. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player AndroidRSS Carie Rose is the Director of The Parent-Teacher Home Visit Project This simple, wonderful idea is now a…

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The Learning Curve – Why Can’t We “Get it Together”? 31:31

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That’s what Virginia and I were left wondering after this interview with Dr. William Schmidt, the author of the exciting new book: INEQUALITY FOR ALL: The Challenge of Unequal Opportunity in American Schools. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player AndroidRSS No, it’s not about rich versus poor or disadvantaged versus privilege. It’s a revelati…

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The Learning Curve – Did You Know Most Kids Lose a Lot of What They Recently Learned in School While on Summer Break? Teachers Call it the “Summer Slide.” 28:58

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Nowhere is the adage: “If you don’t use it, you lose it” more accurate than in the case of young minds and the reason behind the “summer slide.” Subscribe with your favorite podcast player AndroidRSS In today’s Learning Curve Francie Alexander explains how you can protect your child’s learning and advancement. Learn how you can easily prevent the “…

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The Learning Curve – Multiple Intelligence: Did You Know Your Child is Blessed With It? Do You Know How to Harness it so Your Child Wins at School and in Life? 30:56

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Today’s guest is Jen Lilienstein, the founder of kidzmet.com. Jen did her undergraduate senior thesis in 1994 on Howard Gardner’s theory of Multiple Intelligence and its effect on self-esteem, attendance rates and love of learning. Post graduation, she kept returning to her passion for non-traditional education. She currently serves on the Editoria…

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The Learning Curve – Math Made Easy by the Author of “The I Hate Mathematics! Book!” 28:30

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Mathematics is the bane of too many students; and it need not be. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player AndroidRSS Mathematics is too often a difficult subject for parents asked to help with homework: it should not be. Today you will learn how to conquer that fear. Today’s guest with Roger& Virginia is Marilyn Burns, the founder of Math Solut…

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The Learning Curve – What is Integrated Learning? Why Are American Students Behind Other Nations in Science Education, and What can Be Done About it? 31:51

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Lisa Niver Rajna is an honest-to-goodness science teacher working in the trenches at K-6. Lisa’s success is evident in the following: Subscribe with your favorite podcast player AndroidRSS One of her students WON an international award with OXFAM Canada in its contest on making toys out of recycled materials. Her team was the FIRST USA team in the …

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030512 Subscribe with your favorite podcast player AndroidRSS The post The Learning Curve – 030512 appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.By Adam W. Warner

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The Learning Curve – Jennifer Turner is an Honest to Goodness, Genuine Home-Schooling Mom Who Believes in student-led learning. 30:12

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Jennifer is lucky to be able to benefit from A Cyber Charter School with on-line curriculum along with on-line teacher back-up and testing. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player AndroidRSS The benefit of all this to Jennifer’s two children is that, while they have to meet the state testing standards, she can allow the kids to progress through…

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The Learning Curve – Imagine a parenting technique that doesn’t tell you what to do, but teaches the art of self discovery that can be implemented with your child for its benefit. 30:18

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The big question parents should be asking is: when it works, why is it working; and if it doesn’t work, why not? Subscribe with your favorite podcast player AndroidRSS Our guest today with Roger and Virginia on The Learning Curve is Laurie Gray, the founder of Socratic Parenting. Laurie’s experience includes having been a high school teacher, a civ…

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The Learning Curve – Are There Advantages in Single Gender Schools for Children? Does it Work Better for Kids the Way Schools Were Prior to Going Co-Ed? 31:06

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Today’s guests are Beth Black and Denise Savage of Cherokee Creek Boys School. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player AndroidRSS Beth is the founder and Chairman of the Board of Cherokee Creek Boys School, which is a therapeutic boarding school for middle school boys, ages 11-15, in Westminster, SC. The school is dedicated to “challenging boys…

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The Learning Curve – What are the Real Benefits to You and Your Child of Going to Camp? 30:38

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Did you know many families go to camp as a family rather then sending the kids off alone? Subscribe with your favorite podcast player AndroidRSS Today’s guest is Peg L. Smith, the Chief Executive Officer of the American Camp Association, where she has been for over a decade. She has had a wonderful career and extensive experience in childhood, adol…

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The Learning Curve – How Can Parents and Students Work the Educational System to Best Advantage? What Are the Advanced and Innovative Ways to Tutor Your Child to Top Grades? 32:09

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Today’s educational system is a labyrinth of bureaucratic pitfalls. Even going outside the school system for private tutoring services has its short-comings. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player AndroidRSS Today’s guest is Elaine Sigal who has had near 40 years of experience in education at all levels from grades 8-12 and teaching at univers…

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The Learning Curve – Build Brain Fitness and Accelerate Learning for Your Child 29:43

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This works for children and adults! Subscribe with your favorite podcast player AndroidRSS Just as exercise promotes physical fitness, exercising our brain improves brain fitness in four critical areas. Memory Attention Processing Sequencing Today’s guest is Dr. Martha S. Burns who has been a practicing speech language pathologist for 45 years. Dr.…

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The Learning Curve – What Are the Three Types/Stages/Areas of Child Development? Learn to Work with the Child’s Chronological, Cognitive and Emotional Developmental Stages. 29:32

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Today’s guest is Anne Maxwell, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and founder of The Child and Family Therapy Play Center. She also founded the childfamilyplaytherapy.com website. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player AndroidRSS Anne has had extensive experienced dealing with “troubled,” “disabled” or “disadvantaged” children in her clinical …

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The Learning Curve – What Goes on in a Child’s Mind? What are the Keys to Childhood Successful Performance at Home and at School? 28:11

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Today’s guest is Anne Maxwell, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and founder of The Child and Family Therapy Play Center. She also founded the childfamilyplaytherapy.com website. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player AndroidRSS Anne has had extensive experienced dealing with “troubled,” “disabled” or “disadvantaged” children in her clinical …

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The Learning Curve – Learn What Exercises and Drills You Can Use to Help Your Child Read Easily and Well. 24:15

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Today, with Roger & Virginia on The Learning Curve, we have the return of Jeffrey Pflaum, the author of Motivating Teen and Preteen Readers: How Teachers and Parents and Teachers Can Lead the Way. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player AndroidRSS Jeffrey is a 34 year veteran of teaching in the New York City School System where he achieved spec…

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The Learning Curve – What Are the Mind Processes You Can Help Your Child With So They Read Easily and Well? 27:10

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Today’s guest with Roger & Virginia on The Learning Curve is Jeffrey Pflaum, the author of Motivating Teen and Preteen Readers: How Teachers and Parents and Teachers Can Lead the Way. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player AndroidRSS Jeffrey is a 34 year veteran of teaching in the New York City School System where he achieved spectacular resul…

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The Learning Curve – Student Failure is Caused Before Grade School and Continues on to High School Drop-out—How Can You Prevent This for Your Child? How Can You Start Your Child on the Path to Successful ... 22:37

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Today’s guest with Roger & Virginia on The Learning Curve is Murray Bass, the founder and president of Tools of Learning for Children. This is part 2 of our interview with Murray. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player AndroidRSS Murray is an 83 year-old retiree who has some children enjoying reading books as early as 3 years-old! His “wards” …

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The Learning Curve – How Young Can You Start Your Child on the Path to Successful Learning and Literacy?

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Today’s guest with Roger & Virginia on The Learning Curve is Murray Bass, the founder and president of Tools of Learning for Children. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player AndroidRSS Murray is an 83 year-old retiree who has some children enjoying reading books as early as 3 years-old! His “wards” are routinely doing it at age 4! What a remar…

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The Learning Curve – Parental Choice in Education Allows Needs to Start with the Child and be Customized Around the Child. 27:50

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Into whose hands goes the decision of what will be learned and by when? Subscribe with your favorite podcast player AndroidRSS Currently, the system’s standards make the system more important than the children it is supposed to serve, hence: A Declaration of Educational Independence. Parental choice in education is needed rather than the new laws b…

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The Learning Curve – Learning is a Process—The Passive High School Method is NOT Good Enough to Succeed at University: An active Method of Learning is Needed. 25:18

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Parents have a critical part to play in getting their kids ready for college. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player AndroidRSS This week we have the return of Dr. Robert Neuman, the retired Dean of Academic Development at Marquette University and author of Are You Really Ready for College? Dr Neuman reveals there are too many conversations ab…

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The Learning Curve – 25% of College Freshmen Don’t Return For Their Sophomore Year, 64% Don’t Graduate in 4 Years and nearly 40% take 7 or More Years or Don’t Graduate at All . . . Will You (or Your Child ... 27:31

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This week’s Learning Curve with Roger & Virginia is about preparing for college and doing well when there. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player AndroidRSS Our guest is Dr. Robert Neuman, the retired Dean of Marquette University and author of: Are You Really Ready for College? (http://www.areyoureallyreadyforcollege.com/) Hear Dr. Neuman reve…

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The Learning Curve – A Declaration of Educational Independence 27:10

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Today on The Learning Curve with Roger and Virginia we have the return of Linda Dobson, author of The First Year of Homeschooling Your Child, and eight other books on helping your child’s education. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player AndroidRSS Linda has a treasure trove of information on her website: http://www.parentatthehelm.com Linda h…

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The Learning Curve – SHOCKING NEWS—The Latest CDC Report Reveals Almost 9.9 Million Children Have Been Diagnosed With ADHD with Nearly 50% Put on Medication. A Bigger Shock is That Between 20-40% Have ... 36:35

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Dr. Frank Barnhill, M.D., author of Mistaken for ADHD, returns to tell us what can be done to protect your child from this catastrophe. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player AndroidRSS Dr. Barnhill, affectionately known as “Dr. Huggy-Bear,” gives us answers to the following points: What is the key to good discipline? How to handle a child who…

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The Learning Curve – What Are the Real Advantages of You Participating in Your Childs Education? 28:24

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Today’s guest on The Learning Curve with Roger and Virginia is Linda Dobson, author of The First Year of Homeschooling Your Child, and eight other books on helping your child’s education. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player AndroidRSS Linda has a treasure trove of information on her website: http://www.parentatthehelm.com Linda has been a c…

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The Learning Curve – Has Your Child Been Wrongly Diagnosed with ADHD? How Big is the Risk of Misdiagnosis? 32:57

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2007 US government stats state 5.4 million children have been given a ADHD diagnosis. The most recent figures are much higher. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player AndroidRSS This week’s guest, Dr. Frank Barnhill, M.D., author of Mistaken for ADHD, reveals the incidence of wrong diagnosis is something in the order of 20%-40%! Kids in the con…

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The Learning Curve – What Does Your Child Need to Know Before Going to Kindergarten? 32:36

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What’s the importance of an at-home kindergarten readiness program? . . . Subscribe with your favorite podcast player AndroidRSS Because children who are ready for school do better in all the other grades and have more chance of finishing school. Because many children who enter school unprepared or behind their classmates stay behind. But mostly be…

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The Learning Curve – The Six Step Method for Tutoring Your Own Child 29:15

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You’ll be surprised how easy it is to tutor your own child and thereby ensure their academic success. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player AndroidRSS Today’s guest, Marina Ruben, is the author of How to Tutor Your Own Child: Boost Grades and Inspire a Lifelong Love of Learning—Without Paying a Professional Tutor. Hear Marina describe the fun…

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The Learning Curve – What is the Most Real Danger Your Child Faces at School in its Early Years? 24:15

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Today’s show reveals the true, horror story of what too many children go through in our educational system when they are mislabeled, misdiagnosed and wrongfully medicated — this, all in the misguided effort to handle children who are “different.” Subscribe with your favorite podcast player AndroidRSS Melissa Binstock is now a 22 year-old college st…

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The Learning Curve – Student Failure is Caused Before Grade School and Continues on to High School Drop-out—How Can You Prevent This for Your Child? How Can You Start Your Child on the Path to Successful ... 22:37

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Today’s guest with Roger & Virginia on The Learning Curve is Murray Bass, the founder and president of Tools of Learning for Children at www.tools4preschool.org This is part 2 of our interview with Murray. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player AndroidRSS Murray is an 83 year-old retiree who has some children enjoying reading books as early as…

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The Learning Curve – How Young Can You Start Your Child on the Path to Successful Learning and Literacy? 29:14

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Today’s guest with Roger & Virginia on The Learning Curve is Murray Bass, the founder and president of Tools of Learning for Children at www.tools4preschool.org Subscribe with your favorite podcast player AndroidRSS Murray is an 83 year-old retiree who has some children enjoying reading books as early as 3 years-old! His “wards” are routinely doing…

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The Learning Curve – Did You Know You Can Improve a Child’s Test Scores by Massaging the “Energy Release Points” on the Child’s Head? 28:51

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Access for Knowledge Learning — Empowering the Child Subscribe with your favorite podcast player AndroidRSS This week’s The Learning Curve is Part Two of our interview with Dean Larson, Director of Access for Knowledge Learning Centers. www.accessforlearning.org The mission of Access for Knowledge Learning Centers is to: Empower kids to know that t…

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The Learning Curve – Access for Knowledge Learning — New Breakthroughs Empowering Childhood Learning 28:36

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This week’s guest on The Learning Curve is Dean Larson, Director of Access for Knowledge Learning Centers. www.accessforlearning.org Subscribe with your favorite podcast player AndroidRSS The mission of Access for Knowledge Learning Centers is to: Empower kids to know that they know by providing an environment that promotes both academic excellence…

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The Learning Curve – How to Benefit From Home Schooling Internet Resources Whether You Home School or Not! What internet resources are there available to help you help your kids get good grade? What about ... 30:45

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This is Part 2 of Roger & Virginia interviewing Terry Neven, the Administrator of the Sundland Home School Program. Terry founded Sundland in 1981. In 2008, Terry, Sundland and their attorneys won the case before the California Supreme Court that established as law the right of caring parents to home school their children. This win established the …

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The Learning Curve – How to Benefit From Home Schooling Internet Resources Whether You Home School or Not! What internet resources are there available to help you help your kids get good grade? 27:26

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Roger & Virginia interview Terry Neven, the Administrator of the Sundland Home School Program. Terry founded Sundland in 1981. In 2008, Terry, Sundland and their attorneys won the case before the California Supreme Court that established as law the right of caring parents to home school their children. This win established the precedent that affect…

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The Learning Curve – Parents Are a Child’s First Teachers. They are a Child’s Most Important Teachers 29:07

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Roger and Virginia interview Michelle Vallene who reveals how to best be your child’s most important teacher. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player AndroidRSS Michelle Vallene is a qualified school teacher and the co-founder of Learners Lane which offers enrichment programs for children ages 4-12 and can be found at www.learnerslane.com. Mich…

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The Learning Curve – How Can You Best Help Your Kids Get Good Grades? How Can You Ensure You Win at Learning in Life? 27:09

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Roger and Virginia discuss how Virginia uses the secrets of the Seven Barriers to Comprehension when tutoring adult learners in her evening classes at Literacy Partners in New York. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player AndroidRSS Hear how Virginia discovered the secret to her own learning style and also overcame the learning problems she had…

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The Learning Curve – Home School Enrichment—A Reason Why Home Schooled Kids Score Thirty-Five Percent Higher Than the National Average 24:03

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Today’s guest on The Learning Curve is Jonathan Lewis, Editor-in-Chief of Home School Enrichment Magazine. Home School Enrichment Magazine is a bi-monthly print magazine, but also on-line at: http://homeschoolenrichment.com/ Subscribe with your favorite podcast player AndroidRSS This is a must hear show for parents who want good grades for their ki…

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The Learning Curve – What Are the Higher Level Abilities of Children (and Adults) Who Are “Right Brain Learners” but Labeled Dyslexic? What Indicators Can Parents Use to Recognize This in Their Children ... 29:54

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Roger & Virginia interview Mira and Mark Halpert of www.3DLearner.com. Mira is a practicing school teacher who has been featured on CBS showing her revolutionary answers to the “learning disabilities” experienced by those labeled as being “dyslexic.” What people see as a disability Mira sees as a learning difference, and she proves it with her succ…

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The Learning Curve – Dyslexia is Not Correctly Understood — It is Not Really a Disability but May Well Be the Expression of a Higher Level Ability 30:37

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Roger & Virginia interview Mira and Mark Halpert of www.3DLearner.com. Mira is a practicing school teacher who has been featured on CBS showing her revolutionary answers to the “learning disabilities” experienced by those labeled as being “dyslexic.” What we reveal in this show are the extraordinary abilities and true potential these children (and …

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The Learning Curve – Roger & Virginia Talk with Dr. Richard Gordon About Teacher Evaluation and Why Our Kids are Getting a Raw Deal at School 33:23

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Dr. Gordon is an educator who has done it all. Here is Dr. Gordon at his outspoken best, blowing the whistle on the fallacies inherent in the current system of “teacher evaluation” and on the system that gives us the current scenario of school administration. Dr. Gordon is the author of the no-holds-barred book: The Emperor has No Clothes: The Cris…

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The Learning Curve – Roger & Virginia Talk with Jenna Martinez 22:09

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Listen to Jenna describe how she helps adult students overcome their past study failure and win at learning. Jenna is the Adult Basic Education Center Coordinator for Literacy Partners, Inc., a non-profit organization that provides free literacy classes for New Yorkers. Here she oversees more than a hundred current students and forty volunteer tuto…

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The Learning Curve – Dr. Robyn Odegaard Reveals the Nine Secrets to Great Teamwork 24:14

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Roger and Virginia interview Dr. Robyn Odegaard PhD., on issues concerning the keys to great teamwork and harmonious relationships in families, sports teams and the corporate workplace. “Doc Robyn” reveals the Nine Secrets to Great Teamwork. Doc Robyn is President of Champion Performance Development (www.ChampPerformance.com), Founder of the Stop t…

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The Learning Curve – Dr. Robyn Odegaard Reveals the 7 No-Fail Secrets to Stop the Drama! 28:05

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Roger and Virginia interview Dr. Robyn Odegaard PhD., on issues concerning the drama of upset relationships and disharmony in families, sports teams and the corporate workplace. “Doc Robyn” reveals the 7 No-Fail Secrets to Stop the Drama. Doc Robyn is President of Champion Performance Development (www.ChampPerformance.com), Founder of the Stop the …

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The Learning Curve – Roger and Virginia Interview Michelle Vallene on “What Children Need to Learn to Read” 29:07

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Michelle Vallene is a qualified school teacher and the co-founder of Learners Lane which offers enrichment programs for children ages 4-12 and can be found at www.learnerslane.com. Michelle is the author of the book: What Children Need to Learn to Read, which book was written because when her children were young she could not find easy-to-use resou…

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The Learning Curve – Part 2: Dr. Richard Gordon Speaking on Why Inner-City Schools Often Underperform Suburban Schools 25:07

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This is a no-holds barred interview with Dr. Gordon giving us first-hand in-the-trenches findings of facts regarding inner city minority student performance, why it is and what needs be done to improve it. Dr Gordon holds a Ph.D. in Educational Administration from NYU, a Master’s in teaching from Harvard. He has had numerous publications and a book…

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The Learning Curve – Dr. Richard Gordon Speaks on Why Inner-City Schools Often Underperform Suburban Schools 26:06

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This is a no-holds barred interview with Dr. Gordon giving us first-hand in-the-trenches findings of facts regarding inner city minority student performance, why it is and what needs be done to improve it. Dr Gordon holds a Ph.D. in Educational Administration from NYU, a Master’s in teaching from Harvard. He has had numerous publications and a book…

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The Learning Curve – Dr. Roger McIntire Speaks on How Students Win in School or College 28:19

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This is Part Two of our interview with Dr. Roger McIntire PhD, who is the author of Raising Your Teenager: 5 Crucial Skills for Moms and Dads and Raising Good Kids in Tough Times. Dr. McIntire is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Maryland, where he taught for 32 years. An award-winning columnist, McIntire shares his wisdom in th…