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SpecialEdAdvocate.org is a group of local (based in
Houston, Texas) as well as national experts in the field of education who are equipped to provide
advocacy, research, and organizational support for you, your child, or your community. Jimmy Kilpatrick, special education advocate since 1994.
Board Member of Texas Organization of Parent, Attorneys and Advocates.
Consultant
Expert - Southwest Juvenile Defender Center
"You are doing great work dedicated to the kids ."
Dr. Reid Lyon, former Chief Child Development and Behavior Branch National Institute of Child Health and Human Development National Institutes of Health"
Jimmy Kilpatrick is one of the most knowledgeable people I know on reading and reading disabilities." Dr. Rod Paige, former U. S. Secretary of Education
Senior Fellow, Alexis de Tocqueville Institution. Policy advisor Office of
the Superintendent, Houston Independent School District 1997-2004. He was selected by Dr. Rod Paige as a member of the Houston Independent
School District's PEER Committee of Reading 1996. "Jimmy Kilpatrick is one the most knowledgeable people on reading within the State of
Texas," Dr. Rod Paige, Secretary of Education (Houston I.S.D. Press conference 1996). He is formerly with the University of Texas at Austin,
Charles A. Dana Center under the Executive Director as a policy advisor for reading and reading disabilities 1996-1997, and member of the Dana
Center's Family Learning Team for development of a Faith Based-Initiative. Also, Mr. Kilpatrick instituted a Tips for Reading in
Spanish for Hispanic parents within H.I.S.D. Nominated for the National Association
States Boards of Education's Outstanding
Policy Leader Award 1999.
He was advisor to the Office of Governor George W. Bush and the
Texas State Board of Education members on replicated reading research, and worked extensively on the new Texas English Language Arts and
Reading standards. 'The crisis at hand'/Governor wants $65 million to
ensure that Texas schoolchildren learn to read.
Advised the US House Education and Workforce Committee on the
Reading Excellence Act. He testified before the Senate and/or House Education Committees in Alaska, Mississippi, Texas and Alabama on
reading issues.
He was advisor for the State of Alabama Department of Education
Committee for developing a state reading policy. In addition, he advised on the current legislation for the Individual with Disabilities Education
Act (IDEA) with many of the suggestions for reading disabilities being included.
He is the former Legislative Education Chairman for The Texas Mexican-
American Chambers of Commerce, and developed a National Reading Resolution for the League of United Latin American Citizens - Civil
Rights Division (LULAC) based on replicated/scientific research. He was a member of the development of the
Texas Alternative
Document for English Language Arts and Reading. He has advised members of the
California Science Standards Writing Team - chaired by Nobel Prize winner Glen Seaborg Ph.D., is a
National History Club, Advisory Council
Member, and Member of the National Education Writers Association,
Houston Press Club, The Haberman
Educational Foundation Advisory Board member, Advisory panel Our Education (Yale University). Other major accomplishment:
EducationNews.org, the Internet’s Leading
Source of EducationNews is honored to be recognized as a professional online resource for education reporters throughout the United States by
the National Education Writers Association. He is married with three sons attending public schools.
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