AL School Official: Segregate Disabled Students to Help Test Scores

From Alabama: Is it against the law for us to establish perhaps an academy on special education or something on that order,” asked Bell, “so that our scores that already are not that good would not be further cut down by special-ed’s test scores involved?” When Bell’s colleagues mentioned LRE, she didn’t seem to understand. … Continue ReadingAL School Official: Segregate Disabled Students to Help Test Scores

A New Jim Crow: Disability and Racial Segregation in Georgia “Psychoeducational” Schools

This is a must read piece on the use of “psychoeducational” schools to segregate predominantly black children in Georgia from their peers. At age 7, David was too much for his teachers to handle. So they decided to send him to a special program — unique to Georgia — called a psychoeducational school. He was … Continue ReadingA New Jim Crow: Disability and Racial Segregation in Georgia “Psychoeducational” Schools