College for Special Education Students

This is an interesting article in light of Michigan's new graduation requirements.  Special educators would love for college to be the expectation for many special education students but the new graduation requirements are making it even more difficult for students labeled with only a learning disability.

http://articles.philly.com/2011-02-23/news/28620693_1_haddonfield-schools-special-education-disabilities

A Day in the Life of a Special Education Teacher

This article is a great example of what a special education teacher deals with on a daily basis.  Whether you teach special education or general education we all work hard but it is helpful to be able to understand the point of view of your co-workers.  After having worked in the Early Childhood Program, which makes me a classroom teacher following a curriculum and includes the responsibilities of a special education teacher, meeting goals and objectives in the IEPs, I have had a healthy dose of both worlds.  I would much prefer to have the responsibilities of one or the other because both at the same time are very labor intensive.

http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110227/A_NEWS/102270317/-1/NEWSMAP

Declining Special Education Numbers

This is an interesting article.  There are a few schools in Northern Michigan experiencing this same phenomenon.  This is one of the reasons my job was cut from full time to part time; we did not have the special education numbers in the elementary school to justify two resource room teachers.  This is great but also very unexpected for many schools experiencing this.

http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/education/schooled/article_070cc44c-42c6-11e0-9b87-001cc4c03286.html