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A researcher said the evidence on special education inclusion is flawed. Readers weighed in

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Inclusion in the general education classroom is a human right Abby Taylor recently earned her doctorate in special education at Vanderbilt University, where Douglas Fuchs, the author of the controversial paper, is a professor. More than 160 people commented on one Reddit discussion about the story. Comments were lightly edited for clarity.)

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PROOF POINTS: New research review questions the evidence for special education inclusion

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It seems a humane policy not to wall off those with disabilities and keep them apart from society. Overall, students didn’t benefit academically, psychologically or socially from the practice. For the past 25 years, U.S. Who would argue against it? This story also appeared in Mind/Shift. Schools have embraced inclusion.

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How a disgraced method of diagnosing learning disabilities persists in our nation’s schools

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A cross-section of a brain scan sits on the desk of Tim Odegard, a professor of psychology at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro. Because human brains are organized in diverse ways, some people’s reading circuits end up being inefficient. Dyslexia is the most common reading disability.

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We Have to Meet in Person to Be Moved by People’s Stories

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Anthropology has been quite slow to embrace Helen Schwartzman’s insight in The Meeting: Gatherings in Organizations and Communities (1989) that meetings offer a vital window into collective human projects and organizations. Solitary confinement is torture, as defined by the United Nations and many of the world’s human rights organizations.

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Early Childhood and Climate Change Are Connected in More Ways Than You Might Think

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Groups like the American Psychological Association are very clear that young children, and children in general, experience the psychological impacts of natural disasters significantly worse than adults. There is a coalition of children's rights and children's advocacy groups that has been at COP, led by UNICEF. Young children.

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Apply Now for 2025 APSA Dissertation Workshops | Deadline: April 27, 2025

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punctuated equilibrium, policy diffusion, advocacy theory, multiple streams theory), and policy areas such as but not limited to education, higher education, housing, immigration, and environmental/energy policy. The topics can span the breadth of the fields in both public administration and policy.

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When school rewards backfire

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Leave this field empty if you're human: “The certificates made students attend school less,” said Robinson, clearly dismayed by what her experiment had wrought. The advocacy organization Attendance Works encourages schools to reward good attendance. Sign up for Jill Barshay's Proof Points newsletter. Weekly Update.

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