tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790809561264810693.post4111057110009856707..comments2023-11-07T06:56:59.563-05:00Comments on Ann Arbor Schools Musings: Events This Week! SISS, PhysicalsRuthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10531344380743742801noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790809561264810693.post-90664822942496959132010-09-14T16:48:44.494-04:002010-09-14T16:48:44.494-04:00Standard of achievement is pretty low in Michigan....Standard of achievement is pretty low in Michigan.<br />Special ed of course can help.<br />However, it can be an excuse to not work that hard for school staff. It happens.So a kid could do very poorly for awhile before they qualify and after they qualify, they can scrape along the bottom and it's legit, whether the kid could do better, well, whose to say? The problem with the system is that the kids in special ed, and the problem with the minority students is that there is a disporportionality problem, they are highly represented in special ed, also in suspension and expulsions, so do these kids just find school such a bad experience they find a way out?<br />So what should be a helping system is questioned as being the very system that is causing the failures. AAPS is working on it. They are not alone with this problem by any means.anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790809561264810693.post-36029838343932835332010-09-14T09:15:50.113-04:002010-09-14T09:15:50.113-04:00What exactly is the standard of achievement withou...What exactly is the standard of achievement without SE? The whole point is that extra support or intervention of some kind is needed for the student to succeed. What are they doing without it? The answer to that in my personal experience is .....failing. The idea is to level the playing field and offer a more appropriate school experience. If the parents feel that their child doesn't need services, they can simply decline at any point.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790809561264810693.post-68957940601135785322010-09-13T14:10:27.094-04:002010-09-13T14:10:27.094-04:00When a kid becomes a special ed student, often, no...When a kid becomes a special ed student, often, not always the standards of achievement is lowered.anon4noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790809561264810693.post-73930054389781007872010-09-13T12:32:13.807-04:002010-09-13T12:32:13.807-04:00This controversy confuses me. Special Education i...This controversy confuses me. Special Education is highly regulated and parent consent is required every step of the way. There are policies, procedures, and rules for everything and parents have a lot of power. I have heard that school psychologists are being pressured not to qualify black students for special education. This is confusing because special education is the way for kids to get help, support, accomodations and is THE key for some to succeed in school.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790809561264810693.post-22306979053777900662010-09-11T10:57:13.910-04:002010-09-11T10:57:13.910-04:00I could agree there's an achievement gap with ...I could agree there's an achievement gap with too many special ed kids, not just one from one demographic....anon4noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790809561264810693.post-52324875200156534812010-09-08T22:10:48.756-04:002010-09-08T22:10:48.756-04:00There are an awful lot of students in special educ...There are an awful lot of students in special education that are not black. I would be very interested in this new person but not because of "the achievement gap". It would be because of my child's education.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com