NYC Public School Parents: New De Blasio study on inclusion: where are the parents, teachers and principals?

NYC Public School Parents: New De Blasio study on inclusion: where are the parents, teachers and principals?:

New De Blasio study on inclusion: where are the parents, teachers and principals?

by Leonie Haimson

There’s a new study put out by Public Advocate De Blasio’s office praising DOE’s inclusion program, based on the results of Phase I of their initiative.  Today’s NYT carries an article about the reporthere.  Interestingly, the author of the report only interviewed top brass at Tweed and cluster and network leaders.  Not a single principal, teacher or parent, or student in any Phase I school was apparently consulted:

From September 2011 through January 2012, P&A conducted more than 40 structured confidential interviews of deputy chancellors, DOE central office staff, cluster and network leaders in Phase One, and others external to the DOE who have knowledge of Special Education Reform. …All network