Posted on 03/08/2012 1:22:14 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
I am a regular education teacher who’s had Spec. Ed. kids mainstreamed into his class for years. I’ll admit I don’t like mainstreaming, even though I’ve had some success with these kids. In my experience of those labeled as Spec Ed many, if not the majority, are mostly lazy malcontents who hide behind a label that essentially exempts them from meeting even the low standards that their presence makes necessary. I think IDEA is a huge problem also- many of my colleagues who work only with special ed kids have huge reams of useless documentation they have to deal with, none of which actually helps anyone learn anything. But the fact that I would think anything bad about the whole situation would make me a heartless bastard to object....
Getting protection written into the language of their contract is apparently a good first step.
The local school district threw more gasoline into the fire by redefining the special ed program to include every form of mental illness including psychotic behavior--it is dangerous and no one can truly learn in that environment...
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