If those plans aren't implemented as they should be, then putting a kid in a regular classroom is NOT inclusion. To be fair to teachers, it is difficult for them if they are the only ones in the classroom with 25 plus kids and some of those kids having special needs. The classes are very small and there are quite a few teachers in that classroom. In most special education cases, there is a resource teacher that will go into the regular classroom to help a child, but one resource teacher to so many children doesn't always allow the time needed for the student. We also have major work to do on flexible teaching styles.
Every child learns in a different way and many of our schools have set curriculums.
Many children with disabilities are getting substandard schooling because states are not complying with federal rules on special education, an independent agency reports. U.S. officials are not forcing compliance, and as a result, parents often must sue to enforce the law, according to a review of more than two decades of enforcement of the federal special education law. In too many cases, children with disabilities are taught in separate classrooms and schools are not following other regulations meant to protect these students from discrimination, the National Council on Disability said in a reported to be released Tuesday. The Associated Press obtained an advance copy. The problems have persisted for years in many locations, said the council, which makes recommendation to the president and Congress.