From the Queens Chronicle: An inclusion classroom is a “one size
fits all” approach that consists of regular education students,
advanced learners and special education students who have been
given an Individualized Education Program. Most of these classes
have two instructors, a regular education and special education
teacher, who often switch off between teaching students as one
comprehensive group and breaking them up into smaller factions
so pupils with different abilities can learn from one another.
All-inclusive classrooms burden teachers and treat students like
members of a herd instead of vibrant, thoughtful, creative
individuals with a vast array of strengths and an equal number
of perfectly normal, character-building imperfections. Our
system has failed our teachers and in doing so has failed our
students. Administrators fill cramped classrooms with students
who have wildly different achievement levels, yet teachers are
expected to keep test scores rising and every student learning.
Who benefits fro