IDA Northern California

Serving Northern California and the San Francisco Bay Area

IDA Northern California

“I get stubborn and dig in when people tell me I can’t do something I think I can.” Anne Bancroft

IDA Northern California

“Many times I can see a different solution to something and see it more quickly than other people can.” – Charles Schwab

IDA Northern California

“I wanted to show everybody I knew that I could do better and that I could read.” Magic Johnson

IDA Northern California

“I knew I wasn’t lazy, but what was it?” – Whoopi Goldberg

IDA Northern California

“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I learn. Involve me and I remember.” Benjamin Franklin

IDA Northern California

“I have not failed. I have just found ten thousand ways that will not work.” Thomas Edison

IDA Northern California

“The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.” – Leonardo DaVinci

IDA Northern California

“Difficulties mastered are opportunities won.” – Winston Churchill

IDA Northern California

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Agatha Christie

IDA Northern California

“I never read in school. My report cards said I wasn't living up to my potential.” Cher

IDA Northern California

“Life is full of challenges and how you handle them is what builds character.” – Erin Brockovich

Task Force Survey

2014 SPRING EDITION NEWSLETTER

The California Statewide Special Education Task Force is charged with recommending changes in how dyslexic and struggling readers are identified and taught in our public schools and how teachers are trained.

Take a moment to make sure your voice is heard by completing the task force’s online survey. If you prefer, you can submit written input to spedtf@smcoe.org.

Click here for more information about the California Special Education Task Force.

You can find useful background information on California literacy rates at LiterateNation.