5) Demand that schools that have
high special education kids (magnet schools won't accept these students) and high ELL students receive more funding than grossly overfunded magnet schools.
I had
a special education kid who gained 100 points in reading and an immigrant from India who went from a first grade to third grade reading level in eight weeks.
I'd work especially hard to make sure
my Special Education kids were separated and in the front groups.
I paid attention to any required accommodations and quietly made them available, but I didn't let
those Special Education kids know that I knew.
If they are going to take public funds, they have to be rated the same way and take everyone —
special education kids, for example.
First and foremost, there were the legal documents for
my Special Education kids (IEPs, BIPs, etc).
«We had no systems in place for intervention except for English language learners and
special education kids with individual education plans,» says Rafferty.
My special education kids even joined our ice cream party.
Instead of fighting about testing, lets fight about why magnet schools don't have
Special Education kids and how they don't educate all kids?
It helps me assess areas of weakness to remediate, plan for IEP goals, and provide opportunities to celebrate the academic milestones of
my special education kids.»
He says not only does more money need to be invested into children, but the state has to realize that it takes more money to educate certain groups, the poor and homeless, refugee and immigrant children and
special education kids.