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City To Battle at High Court Over Special Education

Submitted by Fran, Jul 20, 2007 20:52

When Richard Mills, New York Commissioner of Education was Commissioner of Education in Vermont (1987-199), he established the same policy ...fail in school first.

When parents succeed in obtaining private placements, after a 1-2 year battle...the state and local budgets were forced to provide significant tuitions and the related services to the private school because of the depth of need. Sums would have been less costly to both entities if the child had received either informed instruction or remediation first...rather then the extended years of repair.

Of course, if the University of Vermont and the SEA prepared its future teachers with more than the nefarious "whole language philosophy" and prepared teachers to instruct children in how to write, spell and read (in that order) and how to achieve competency in basic math...other than "guessing' and "estimating" in addition to support for calculators in kindergarten....maybe few children would need private placements!

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We are a working class family on the coast of Maine. Our 6 yr old daughter has severe expressive and... [MORE]	Paul	Oct 1, 2007 22:38
It seems to me that funding is the cause of many problems in Special Ed. If the courts allow students... [MORE]	Tina Cremer	Aug 19, 2007 12:59
Because the law (IDEA) states that students with disabilities must be provided a FREE AND APPROPRIATE EDUCATION and that each... [MORE]	Tina	Jul 24, 2007 11:47
Large urban school districts offer a broad range of special education placements, including alternative settings and specially designed instruction. As... [MORE]	Michael Scott	Jul 23, 2007 12:58
If your child is in a wheelchair, and the school he is assigned to is not wheelchair accessible, does he... [MORE]	John	Jul 22, 2007 21:52
When Richard Mills, New York Commissioner of Education was Commissioner of Education in Vermont (1987-199), he established the same policy...	Fran	Jul 20, 2007 20:52
I've been through the ringer with getting placement for my son, who was severely speech and language impaired throughout pre-school,... [MORE]	Ellen	Jul 23, 2007 00:48
The Supreme Court established the standard for educating students with disabilities years ago in its decision in Hendrick Hudson Dist.... [MORE]	Amy	Jul 24, 2007 08:14
As far as being 'realistic'...... Let's talk about the school districts 'legal fees'. A vast majority of school districts have... [MORE]	Audrey	Sep 7, 2007 12:56
This all sound too familiar...I am going through the same changes with my child. [MORE]	Tara Fitzgibbon	Feb 12, 2008 21:08

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