Read: "The thing I find most tragic is that we as a society have been unable to find effective inclusionary environments. We haven't found an appropriate teaching model for children of different abilities, so students with special needs are often excluded from a general curriculum and put in a separate environment. Yet in every high school, one kid is going to go to Harvard and one is going to community college. Their experience is not so different from that of people who are typical or have special needs and yet we don't make that distinction." -- Richard Ellenson, from an interview with Louise Kinross on the blog Bloom
Reflect: Is my child included or excluded? Are there distinctions made among other groups at the school that include or exclude some students? Is my child included in any of these?
Respond in the comments with your own thoughts on this quote and how it applies to your life with your child.
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