Comments on: Facing worried parents, special ed analyst clarifies his role http://gothamschools.org/2009/02/12/facing-worried-parents-special-ed-analyst-clarifies-his-role/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David C. Bloomfield http://gothamschools.org/2009/02/12/facing-worried-parents-special-ed-analyst-clarifies-his-role/comment-page-1/#comment-32944 David C. Bloomfield Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:25:25 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=9401#comment-32944 After paying little attention to the issue for his almost 8 years in office, the Mayor has launched this high profile initiative. Reports by the Council on Great City Schools and by Thomas Hehir provided the Chancellor with specific recommendations for improving Special Education services to NYC public school students with disabilities. The Harries study seems little more than a smokescreen to (1) obscure this long-term inattention and (2) dilute the recommendations of those earlier, more independent critiques. It is likely also a pretext to cut costs by promoting nominal CTT placements with insufficient instructional resources. -David C. Bloomfield After paying little attention to the issue for his almost 8 years in office, the Mayor has launched this high profile initiative. Reports by the Council on Great City Schools and by Thomas Hehir provided the Chancellor with specific recommendations for improving Special Education services to NYC public school students with disabilities. The Harries study seems little more than a smokescreen to (1) obscure this long-term inattention and (2) dilute the recommendations of those earlier, more independent critiques. It is likely also a pretext to cut costs by promoting nominal CTT placements with insufficient instructional resources.
-David C. Bloomfield

]]> By: Ken http://gothamschools.org/2009/02/12/facing-worried-parents-special-ed-analyst-clarifies-his-role/comment-page-1/#comment-32333 Ken Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:59:59 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=9401#comment-32333 Great post! Would you know if there is a video or transcript available for the entire session? Great post! Would you know if there is a video or transcript available for the entire session?

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