Who’s Accountable for Students with Disabilities When Things Go Wrong?
Now that the Every Student Succeeds Act has passed, and the power to run public schools has shifted to the local school districts and the state, will that mean more accountability on their part when things go wrong in the classroom?
Consider the Peck Community School in Holyoake, Massachusetts, a public school for students with second language needs and emotional and behavioral disabilities. Teachers are being accused of harsh treatment of students in the Therapeutic Intervention Program at the school. HERE.
Too often, when something goes wrong in the classroom, everyone focuses on just the teacher. But think of school districts and the state departments of education like throwing a pebble into a pond. The ripples are all a part of that one pebble’s impact. If something goes wrong in the classroom, shouldn’t the whole kit and caboodle get investigated?
If local and state administrators, and let’s include governors and policy makers too, Who’s Accountable for Students with Disabilities When Things Go Wrong?:
