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...Lori A. Forman, who did polling for Shamie as well as other major GOP candidates this year, said that "as a rule of thumb, an incumbent who does not pull 60 percent shows vulnerability...
...education class that satisfied the law but virtually ignored Nat's problems. He and his parents were unaware of how little he was learning until a college counselor told his father: "Your son is hopeless." Furious at the summary judgment, Nat's father enrolled him in the Forman School in Litchfield, Conn., a private institution founded in 1930 that specializes in teaching dyslectics. This fall Gove begins his freshman year at West Virginia Wesleyan College. Says he: "I didn't know what my potentials were, and now I know. I've come far. It shows...
...training workshop held last week at the Forman School, nationally known experts and teachers gathered to discuss ways that dyslectics, especially teenagers, can reach their intellectual capacity. All agreed there is much that both public schools and parents can do that they are not now doing to teach dyslectic children. The main prescription: old-fashioned phonics, a system of learning to read by sounding out words by letter and syllable. Says Forman Headmaster Richard Peirce: "What Forman is trying to do is affect the national education scene by educating people to what dyslexia is-a difference in how people process...
...dyslexic in high school has special problems. After years of being told that he is slow or stupid, he can have a very poor self-image. Forman provides an array of sports training to improve physical self-confidence. But the biggest challenge for teachers is to devise a curriculum commensurate with the student's real intelligence. At Forman, students listen to a recording of, say, Romeo and Juliet while reading the play. Computers are becoming an important teaching tool because they promote sequential learning and logical development. For the student able to handle calculus but not the sequences...
...Says Forman Teacher Margaret Roper: "I don't think of these kids as handicapped. There is no limit to where you can take them after you find the key." Despite the well-publicized view of New York Physician Harold Levinson, who argues that dyslexia is a disorder of the inner ear and can be dealt with by taking antihistamines, experts insist that dyslexia is not a disease...