I agree with the article totally and feel that there does indeed need to be correlation between regular classroom teachers and special education teachers as well as the school board's commissioners. My cousin teaches Special Ed at the elementary school level and I used to intern at the school and I viewed some of the very same things mentioned in the article. I also feel that there are many students placed in Special Ed classes because it seems as if they are having problems that the regular teacher can't handle (the article goes into depth). My main problem with the Special Ed system is that most of the students are not at the reading/placement level they should be on, they are on a lower level, yet when it's time for standardized tests, the students get tested on the higher level...but wait, they aren't on the level right? RIGHT. I don't know if this is happening everywhere but I know that it happens where I was (South Florida).
As you can see I have issues with the education system.
[This message has been edited by KoolAid (edited April 22, 2001).]
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