We re not talking about providing superior educations that will create little genius and having available to them the opportunity to graduate from Harvard or Yale. Children with disabilities have a much longer road to travel to get there and some, because of their disability, may not be able to reach that point no matter how much intervention they receive. It is too wrong. Many disabled children can become contributing members of society, can live productive and independent lives, can graduate from high school, have a job, and even a career. But most of these children must reach their maximum potentials in order to accomplish these things.
Special education is just that, special teaching for special learning for special children.
And these special children deserve special laws. Every state is non-compliant with the IDEA law, this is a good excuse that states use to fall back on. Michigan needs to start investing in disabled children s educations. Then Mr. Engler can honestly brag about how wonderful Michigan schools are, for ALL of the students. I m tired of inadequate monitoring.