New York City (NY, US) schools are giving three in four special education students certificates of completion rather than diplomas, although across the state of New York 50% of special education students receive diplomas, according to Beth Fertig of WNYC, New York Public Radio. Ms. Fertig’s story, “Disabling Diplomas: How NYC is Failing Its Special Education Students,” includes comments from Tom Hehir, who prepared a report about NYC special education (see Teach Effectively “Missing Element“) as well as Carrie Meyer (manager of a private tutoring company), Bonnie Brown (acting director of special education for NYC), and Elisa Hyman (Advocates for Children).
Ms. Fertig uses the case of Yamilka, a 23-year old who is receiving tutoring paid for by NYC schools because of action by Advocates for Children, to illustrate the outcomes of apparent maleducation. Advocates for Children has reported about the high proportion of children with disabilities who are do not receive diplomas from NYC schools. Dee Alpert reported that the percentage of students in NYC who graduate has declined nearly 10% in 2001-02.
You can read Ms. Fertig’s article or download an MP3 of it. Links to (a) Avocates for Children’s site and a pdf of the report on special education graduation rates and (b) an article by Dee Alpert for Wrightslaw on NYC graduation rates.
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