Education B.A. Cornell University M.Ed. Univ. of North Carolina @ Chapel Hill Ph.D. Kent State University
Research Interests: Developing teaching methods that help ensure at-risk kindergarten and first grade students are not left behind.
Policy Interests: Practical methods that will ensure no child is left behind in real classrooms with the students, teachers, parents, and principals
we've got.
Recent Publications: Early Childhood reading and spelling intervention available: http://www.teachingld,org/teaching_how-tos/reading/default.htm
Brain theory that explains why children are left behind and what can be done to help: Oldrieve, R.M. (2008). Uniting GIfted,
Autistic, Dyslexic, and At-Risk Education by Aligning Piaget with Recent Brain Research. Chapter in book edited by Thomas
Caron. Canadian University Press.
