The Trend Toward Inclusive General Education Classrooms
Can special education students thrive in general education classrooms? Watch Carl Cohn, a former superintendent, talk about the trend toward inclusive classrooms (also called inclusion classrooms)....
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There's a powerful trend in the last decade or so, toward youngsters with learning and attention issues spending more time in regular gen ed classrooms. And I think this is a development that bodes well for both parents and school systems. For too long we looked at every difference: separate that out, isolate it, focus on it as separate and apart. What we know is that separate often is unequal, and it doesn't necessarily work to the advantage of kids who need to be educated with their gen ed peers, and not broken off from the system. I think it's important for parents to realize that special education students are first and foremost general education students. So in looking at whatever experience the school is designing for their...
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There's a powerful trend in the last decade or so, toward youngsters with learning and attention issues spending more time in regular gen ed classrooms. And I think this is a development that bodes well for both parents and school systems. For too long we looked at every difference: separate that out, isolate it, focus on it as separate and apart. What we know is that separate often is unequal, and it doesn't necessarily work to the advantage of kids who need to be educated with their gen ed peers, and not broken off from the system. I think it's important for parents to realize that special education students are first and foremost general education students. So in looking at whatever experience the school is designing for their...
