In the Sunshine State they want to judge schools for the intellectually disabled with the same standardized tests they give to typical children. Guess what? It’s happening everywhere. Guess what else? Just as Florida seems to be backing down from this policy some disability rights groups want to keep it in force. They [...]
He’s from a world away. He has arthogryposis and needs help walking. He has a wheelchair. Zooms across the courtyard and waits at the office door until someone lets him in.
His buddy is E. E has been working with him for years. Since he didn’t know his times tables, [...]
“I’m not convinced that anyone at the DOE has the best interest of the children in mind,” said Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries, “We are not going to allow the students anywhere within PS 67 to be treated like second-class citizens.”
Parents fight for the rights of their special needs kids. I [...]
This great article addresses school violence against teachers, laying much of it at the feet of special ed students who are involved in a disproportionate number of violent incidents. One teacher ended up in the rubber room because he defended himself. Why are more special ed kids involved in violent acts? [...]
What is the best way to prevent the wholesale murder of innocent puppies? Are puppies being murdered? Is that a question we should be asking? Or is it more important for us to react to a situation because somewhere, somehow, it might be happening?
What is the best way to repair our [...]
First an admission: I am writing this post on an iPad using a voice app called Dragon dictation. Second: I don’t like technology. Let me qualify that: I don’t like technology when it is used as an excuse to deny children the help that they need. A few years ago, two boys [...]
Too much valuable instruction time is taken away from teaching meaningful tasks that could lead to more independent lives, the tests are not respectful of the students and they do not accurately reflect the goals of the students’ Individual Educational Plans, parents and educators said.
At Fox Meadow BOCES kids were the ones you liked to stay away from, the retards, the ones who were bused in. There were two patches of ice on the big field below the school: the big one for the normal kids and the small [...]
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