YOU CAN TURN YOUR CHILD INTO AN ACADEMIC SUPERSTAR

Over the years, I’ve had hundreds of discussions surrounding the abysmal state of the education system. It’s always the same issues discussed; lack of funding, lack of resources, lack of teachers and severe classroom overpopulation. With almost unanimous agreement regarding the decay of our school system, I began asking myself (and others), where we as a society went wrong. At what point did we begin falling behind and shortchanging our children? When did our Nation’s education system as a whole become a “political back burner?” This epidemic is all over the news, social media and most major education publications, yet NOTHING changes! If anything… the issue continues to worsen. Being a teacher today is extremely tough no matter the grade or subject, whether the classroom is inclusion or self-contained! Teachers are leaving the profession in droves and the problem continues to grow exponentially. I often wonder… what was it like being a teacher “back in the day”? Were behavior issues as rampant as they are today? What was it like to work in a school when IDEA was passed… what was it like before children with learning disabilities were recognized? Have we, as a nation, made ANY progress? As an educator, these are some of the questions that burn in my mind… and now, I have answers from an eyewitness to the birth of Special Education in the U.S.