Friday, October 29, 2010

Textbooks?Still an issue?

When my daughter started inclusion and even after I had her decertified at the end of 6th grade, her success in academics was dependent on a lot of factors. One of them was the availability of textbooks. It was necessary that she had all the textbooks used in school also at home. Everyone who was helping her with these subjects needed to have them at their fingertips at home so their topics and method of teaching would not deviate from the ones being used in school. Being consistent minimized confusion and made learning a very pleasant experience. The extra expense for the school is a small price to pay for the academic success of inclusion students who have to work harder and have more obstacles to overcome. Luckily for my daughter, textbooks were made available to her by schools who understood their importance and appreciated our efforts. I have been hearing from friends who have children in inclusion that they are not being provided with these textbooks. For the life of me, I don't understand why this is happening. Don't the people in charge of our public schools want our kids to succeed? Parents are tired of having to fight to get our children the services and tools they need to get the best education possible. When our kids succeed in the academic setting, the schools benefit because these children become productive citizens who will someday give back to their communities and to their country. If they don't get the education or training they need, they will become a burden to our society and a drain to our economy. So which is the better picture here?

2 comments:

  1. Yes, this is very true. When the kids become a productive citizen, they can give back to their communities.I have a good news to tell, my son's teacher handed some textbook today and she will order some more textbooks to keep at home. The school is trying to help us, now I need to help my son to achieve his goal.

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  2. Yoko, that is wonderful news. They should do this for all the kids. We, as inclusion parents, have fought hard for this to happen for our kids. And we know it helps a lot. I hope Chancellor Klein takes a quick peak at this blog so he sees the opinion of at least 2 parents.

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