re: Public School Problems...

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One mother told Means that her 8-year-old son is scared to go to school because of another child’s outbursts. “It’s like a Benny Hill movie” when teachers and administrators chase after him, she said. Meanwhile, she said the other 20 students are “evacuated” to another room that’s not equipped for teaching, where they watch cartoons until the situation is resolved. Another woman who identified herself as a substitute teacher said students have screamed at her and thrown chairs.

Means said students with individual education plans (IEPs)—which can include those with autism, a learning disorder or a physical disability in addition to those with emotional or behavioral disorders—must be in the “least restrictive environment,” which usually means an ordinary classroom. “At what point do you say you tried and move on to Plan B, or in some cases Plan C?”

Means acknowledged that watching a student act out can be “jarring” for other students, but said there’s also a flip side: While he hears from (usually white) parents about classroom disruption, some parents of color want to know why students with IEPs are disproportionately black boys. He attributed the disparity to trauma experienced in the home and said teachers are undergoing professional development to learn how to “connect with” students from low-income and minority families, while also setting high expectations for those students.

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i have spoken on here for years that one of the few things in politics that gets me emotional (angry and sad) is this bullshite

this piece of shite is openly saying he'd rather sacrifice the schooling of all the kids who want to learn to protect the kids who are very unlikely to be educated. and then he response to a very reasonable and rational concern of parents who have their children (who did nothing wrong) suffering, with a nonsensical, vague racist comment

*ETA: just so we're clear, the students who suffer the most from these kids who disrupt classes are disproportionately black, too.