SPECIAL EDUCATION AND DC PUBLIC SCHOOLS
DC has a long history of troubled and inequitable special education services. Our October 10 show, on the state of special education in DC’s publicly funded schools, featured two local experts:
–Chioma Oruh, DCPS parent and parent advocate with Advocates for Justice and Education, a DC nonprofit helping families with special needs children receive appropriate education services.
–Latisha Chisholm, social worker and manager of the Connected Schools initiative at DCPS’s Anacostia high school.
show starts at 4:45 mark on this recording —
In DC, 16% of public education students have disabilities, slightly higher than US average, which is 13%. Yet, test scores for DC’s students with disabilities are very low (7.9% proficient in English CONTINUE READING: Special Education and DC Public Schools – Education Town Hall Forum