Letter from the Field of Special Education

Mitchell,Ben

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Letter from the Field of Special Education

by Ben Mitchell - August 07, 2019

After 30 years as a neurodivergent within the field, I believe that it is time to fundamentally reform special education. Not only are we harming the students in our care, the structure of Special Education itself drives 20% of the population into a statistical underclass.

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