Dearborn Schools Implement Changes, See Progress in Special Education Program
As funding continues to tighten for schools Dearborn Public Schools implement provisions to help make education more accessible to special needs students.
Special education services at Dearborn Public Schools are moving forward as expected this year after a plethora of administrative and services designed to save money and streamline programs were put into place. “We have focused a lot of time and energy into what’s going on in the classrooms,” Michael Shelton, the district’s director of special education, told the Board of Education at a recent meeting. Special education services in Dearborn cover students with varying degrees of ability; many attend special programs exclusively, while others attend conventional classes for part, or all, of the day. Currently, DPS educates about 2,000 special education students. A place, not just a service Last year, because of a desire to streamline and …
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7:21 pm on Tuesday, December 11, 2012
The number of low-level special education students that are now mainstreamed into the regular classroom have a negative impact on the level of instruction of all students in the classroom. The instructors must now spend a majority of their time and efforts catering to these students, who in many cases are in above their heads in the regular classroom setting. Why are they placed there? To save … more ›