Friday, February 16, 2018

Illegally Denied

In the article “Texas Illegally Excluded Thousands from Special Education, Federal Officials Say” Brian M. Rosenthal discusses the special education program and how the Texas education system has been illegally excluding children from the program. He talks about a letter from federal officials to the state about the problem and that they should fix it. Rosenthal states “Texas state officials had denied for months that any child had been inappropriately kept out of special education.” Providing a quote afterwards. He goes on to provide more statements from Texas officials. Later an federal review prompted an investigation by a newspaper providing proof of the exultation of students in the special education program due to the “target”. This resulted the repeal of the “target”. Read more at  https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/us/texas-special-education.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Feducation&action=click&contentCollection=education&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=sectionfront  
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