Remember when your grandpa would tell you about the bad good old days, when he had to walk ten miles to school in the snow without shoes uphill both ways? Yeah, well, he ain't got nothing on 16 year old Aubrey Sandifer of Hutto, Texas. After his school district cut bus services, he has to walk over a mile to school every day.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/09/us/for-texas-schools-a-year-of-doing-without.html?_r=1&hpw=&pagewanted=all
Over the past two years, Texas has cut over 10,000 teaching jobs, and one district in San Antonio has eliminated 40 special education teaching jobs.
Once again, the most disadvantaged members of our society are having to bare the burden of the Great Recession. This should be of special concern for special education teachers, who a) are federally required to provide a free an appropriate education to their students, come Hell or high water, and b) generally serve the most disadvantaged in society, including students with severe disabilities, racial minorities, and students living in severe poverty. (Of which there seem to be more and more every day!)
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/09/us/for-texas-schools-a-year-of-doing-without.html?_r=1&hpw=&pagewanted=all
Over the past two years, Texas has cut over 10,000 teaching jobs, and one district in San Antonio has eliminated 40 special education teaching jobs.
Once again, the most disadvantaged members of our society are having to bare the burden of the Great Recession. This should be of special concern for special education teachers, who a) are federally required to provide a free an appropriate education to their students, come Hell or high water, and b) generally serve the most disadvantaged in society, including students with severe disabilities, racial minorities, and students living in severe poverty. (Of which there seem to be more and more every day!)
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