"School officials outlined a plan to change the way city schools serve students with disabilities at a closed-door meeting this morning with special education advocates.
The plan’s first step: Telling schools they have to accept, and “embrace,” students with special needs.
“For too long, educating students with disabilities has meant separating them from their general education peers,” Schools Chancellor Joel Klein said in a statement. “Today we are building on the premise that every school must be able to educate the vast majority of these children.”
That premise represents a badly needed advance for the city schools, according to special education advocates."
The plan’s first step: Telling schools they have to accept, and “embrace,” students with special needs.
“For too long, educating students with disabilities has meant separating them from their general education peers,” Schools Chancellor Joel Klein said in a statement. “Today we are building on the premise that every school must be able to educate the vast majority of these children.”
That premise represents a badly needed advance for the city schools, according to special education advocates."
