Should special ed and 504 families pay more?

[exploited]

Teaching kids with disabilities is hard, therefore Hyperion wants nothing to do with it. He just wants to teach the normal kids while forcing underprivileged to pay more.

He doesn't want a raise, and he doesn't want training. He wants someone else to do his job for him.

[OGPhilly]

Well he's been pretty consistent in fulfilling the "bitchy selfish teacher" stereotype in his posts here, but as a matter of public policy I find it pretty stunning to say special ed kids shouldn't get public education.

[OGPhilly]

No one doubts its a difficult job. What we wonder is why Hyperion thinks he shouldn't have to do his difficult job but he should still collect a paycheck.

[OGPhilly]

[exploited]

[OGPhilly]

[Winchester]

Mrs is gone till Friday or I'd get her input, but IIRC there is a requirement that special ed students be in the "least restrictive environment" and still be able to meet their educational needs, that means if a kid is functioning enough to be in a regular classroom "inclusion" with specific instructions that only apply to him/her (not the rest of the class) "accommodations", then that is where the child is best able to learn and where they are placed.

An IEP (individual education plan) must be done at least once per year, there is always input from the special ed teacher, the classroom teacher, the special ed coordinator, the parents and any specialists if appropriate. Not only that they must all meet go over the plan and sign off on it.

Unfortunately it is fairly common for the regular ed teachers to whine and bitch and moan about having to deal with the accommodations as it does require more effort on their part.

[OGPhilly]

To be clear, I also do agree that kids with serious special ed needs benefit neither themselves or others just sitting alongside everyone else in a classroom without their issues being specifically addressed. But Hyperion's 'not my problem' attitude and his suggestion that they should have to buy an education rather than get a publicly provided one like everybody else, is not what we need from educators.

[Winchester]

[OGPhilly]