N.J. teachers show Kenyan educators ways to work with blind students
By Brent Johnson © The Star-Ledger, Newark, New Jersey — Lillian Rankel and Marilyn Winograd boarded a plane last month armed with eight 70-pound suitcases. Packed inside was a horde of specialized science equipment: beakers with Braille numbers, talking thermometers that read measurements in electronic voices. The New Jersey teachers were headed for Kenya. Their mission: to teach teachers in the impoverished African county how to better educate blind students — without upheaving the curriculum…. READ ARTICLE