RJA #12a: Annotated Bibliography, Part 3

Robert Worth: The Washington Monthly

Robert Worth of the Washington Monthly feels that special education programs throughout the United States are robbing other mainstreamed students of what they deserve. He does feel that the special education schooling is helping the ones in need but is robbing the others who do not need it's services. Feels we are wasting money that could be better spent, an estimated 60 billion a year spent on special ed alone.

Sonia Giordani: SOMETHING SPECIAL? NOT ALL AGREE MAINSTREAMING ORDER DOOMS SCHOOLS LIKE MILLER HIGH.

talks about how mainstreaming education is closing special education schools down by taking all of the students out. It really comes down to money when it is special education, Los Angeles spent 1 billion dollars in L.A. county alone. These special education programs involving mainstreaming has started the decline in special education which is having an effect on students who are more severely disabled.

My research shows the article to be relevant, and the information to be accurate money is the cause for special education to be cut.

Richard Flagle Raven's guide to special education

Talks about how the movement towards mainstreamed classrooms is considered good by the government standards. How by moving the student out of classroom that we are failing the special education and probably will cut their education short. On the other side, if mainstreaming is not done right it can lead to worse stereotypes.