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At calm, focused schools, scores are high, but so is suspension rate
Students -- including those with disabilities -- are learning at Indiana schools that stress structure and good behavior. But suspension rates are high for students with disabilities.

Joanne Jacobs
5 days ago3 min read
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Many schools 'either warehouse our kids in special ed or warehouse them in gen ed'
In many schools, "they're warehousing our children in special ed or warehousing them in gen Ed."

Joanne Jacobs
Feb 192 min read
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He had a 3.4 GPA, but he couldn't read
Passing special-ed students along with high grades and a diploma -- but no effective instruction --doesn't do them any favors.

Joanne Jacobs
Feb 192 min read
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Do special-ed kids do best in mainstream classrooms? Maybe not
The evidence that mainstreaming special-needs students improves their academic success is "flawed," says a new study.

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 143 min read
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For failing students, lockdown was freedom, school is 'prison'
School is "like being in prison," says 14-year-old Kieran, who has dyslexia and ADHD. He prefers doing physical labor with his father....

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 9, 20232 min read
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'Challenging' students with disabilities are sent home (but not suspended)
Schools aren't supposed to suspend special-needs students if their misbehavior is related to their disability. But some schools use...

Joanne Jacobs
Feb 14, 20233 min read
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Florida's special-ed students are doing very well: Is it choice?
In Florida, which pioneered school choice for special-needs students more than 20 years ago, students with disabilities are doing very...

Joanne Jacobs
Dec 2, 20221 min read
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Pandemic amnesty: Is it time?
My resolution for 2021, renewed for 2022, was to be kind and calm. There is enough nastiness and enough hysteria out there without me...

Joanne Jacobs
Nov 5, 20222 min read
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