Her story, Wu wins mathcounts… 87.5% of participants in this middle school math contest are Chinese Americans. That says it all to me.
Our laws focus on closing the gap–from the bottom to the middle. Check out NCLB, AYP, even the special ed law, the IDEA.
It’s more than time for us to work on closing that other huge gap–from the middle to the top. What laws and policies focus on that now? I can’t think of one. We need to change this approach.
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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