The big question he asks is whether schools will do what’s needed. That’s the provocative question that my colleague, Kalman R. “Buzzy” Hettelman puts out there for us all. The message is: The earlier the intervention the better.

https://edexcellence.net/articles/heres-where-the-education-reform-devilish-details-on-classroom-practice-should-start

It’s a good provocative read. His forthcoming book, Mislabeled as Disabled, focuses on the children who are not well served and do not learn to read.

Thanks for staying with it, Buzzy.

About Miriam

Miriam Kurtzig Freedman, JD, MA—an expert in public education, focused on special education law— is a lawyer, author, speaker, consultant, and reformer. For more than 35 years, Miriam worked with educators, parents, policy makers, and citizens to translate complex legalese into plain English and focus on good practices for children. Now, she focuses her passion on reforming special education, with her new book, Special Education 2.0—Breaking Taboos to Build a NEW Education Law. Presentations include those at the AASA Conference, Orange County (CA), Boston College (MA), CADRE (OR), and the Fordham Institute (DC). Her writings have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Education Week, Education Next, Hoover Digest, The University of Chicago Law Review on line, DianeRavitch.net, and The Atlantic Monthly on line.

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