Writing Off Disabled Children
Saturday, August 9th, 2008
New York Times Editorial: Writing Off Disabled Children
Many of America’s juvenile jails would be empty if the public schools obeyed federal law and provided disabled children with the special instruction that they need. Instead, these children are allowed to fall behind. When they act out, they are often suspended or expelled, which makes them more likely to commit crimes and land in jails where they can count on even less help.
I’m not sure that the juvenile jails would be empty. However, this has been a long standing problem in our jail system. What do we think is in the the adult jail system. We can not belive that the public school systems can fix the problem by their self. Yes, they need to obey the federal law and many don’t but it is a fact that children who do not have an a good support system out side of school do not fair well. Even if they get good special instruction,or if there is no expectations of them to do well.