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The Policy/Parent Gap, Philip Ferguson
The Policy/Parent Gap, Philip Ferguson
Philip M. Ferguson
"[T]here is probably no area where the rhetoric and the reality are so far apart as in the inclusion of children with disabilities in general education classrooms. Despite official national and state education policies (embodied in laws, regulations, and court decisions) supporting inclusive education for students with disabilities, access to the general curriculum, and a massive commitment of public funds, data from the Department of Education shows that urban schools consistently place such students in more segregated settings for greater parts of the day and year than do school systems generally."
“First Grub, Then Ethics”: The Place Of Research In A Time Of Crisis, Philip Ferguson
“First Grub, Then Ethics”: The Place Of Research In A Time Of Crisis, Philip Ferguson
Philip M. Ferguson
A reflection on school's failures to meet the needs of students with disabilities and their families in light of the attacks of September 11, 2001 and Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.