Wondered how they treat special ed students in super-testing Finland and found that in 2009 about 8.5% of Finnish students were transferred into special education and about 23% received part-time special education services. In LA Unified 10.8% of all students receive special ed services, in charters only 7%. What does this say? Maybe that [...]
At Dr. Diane Ravitch’s recent appearance in Los Angeles (which I videotaped; see below) one of her best lines quoted Rutger’s education economist Bruce Baker: “If I knew that a car that I was about to buy would surely explode one of every five times I got into it I would rather walk.” Dr. Ravitch [...]
Dr. Diane Ravitch gives a stirring address to teachers and parents at Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles, September 24, 2010.
Should we fight for a one-on-one assistant for our son? The school district granted one two hours a day for his first month of kinder, but at an IEP last week, reduced those services to consultation two hours a month. My wife and I have been fighting this since February, arguing that [...]
Talk to You Later-Notes to My Son: First Day of School
Dear Senator,
As a public school teacher of over 25 years and the father of a six-year-old autistic boy, I am very concerned about the destruction of public education under the banner of reform. Neither charter schools nor merit pay have proven records and I am afraid that teaching to the test will be [...]
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