It is April. Time for step 4! Tomorrow’s blog will be just that.
Steps 4 through 9 are for changing the path we are on. Switching gears. Following credible research. Keeping our eye on the prize–educating all students to high standards and preparing them for life after K-12.
As the editors of Rethinking Special Education for a New Century wrote, back in 2002,
“The choice confronting today’s policymakers is not whether to keep the program as it is or return to the pre-IDEA status quo. Rather, the challenge is to modernize the program, building on what we’ve learned about both special education and education in general.”
Until tomorrow!
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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