President's Blog

Schools for the Deaf Needed Now, More Than Ever

Lately, there have been many articles and posts describing how new audiological technology and cochlear implants are changing the education of the deaf and hard-of-hearing. One gets the impression fro…

A Meeting of Schools for the Deaf

I recently returned from a meeting of the Coalition of Private Schools Serving Deaf Children, an organization of schools from the Northeast and Midwest that meets twice a year.Much time was spent disc…

It was Nice to be a Student Again

On November 15, the Outreach Division of the Willie Ross School for the Deaf sponsored a seminar, “Educating Deaf & Hard-of-Hearing Children:  From Research to Practice.” The atte…

What I've Learned in 26 years about Educating the Deaf

I am always searching for different perspectives on the education of the deaf and hard-of-hearing. I have been fortunate, over the past twenty-six years at WRSD, to have the opportunity to visit many …

The Benefits of a Diversity of Teaching Methods

The question, “Do states need schools for the deaf?” has recently been posed in the New York Times.  The Times hosted a discussion in their chatroom which drew numerous postings about…

President’s Blog – July 2011

It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the new Willie Ross School for the Deaf website and to the President’s blog. I hope to use this forum to inform visitors to our website about the…