Plans can be important… but it’s important to ask who the plans
are for. Most school districts have education plans. So I want
to know… who are these education plans for? I am familiar with
one school district’s education plan where one of their goals is
Inclusion of All Students. The priorities for this goal are two-
fold: - Each student is engaged in meaningful learning that is
appropriate to his or her abilities and takes place in the most
enabling environment. - Each staff member has the ability to
meet the diverse needs of all students. Inclusion is an
impressive goal, and one that I applaud. I honestly can find no
fault with the two priorities above. This is all very
impressive. No matter how sweet your strategy smells, it’s
important to occasionally pause and check on the results. In
other words, how will this district know if they’ve accomplished
inclusions for all? In the Outcomes section of this Education
Plan it states that one of the measures will be participation
rates in Provincial Achievement Te