Anyone freaking out about the new "no social promotion bill"
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Anonymous
| My kid has a serious LD and will likely always be somewhat below grade level in Reading and Math. I am very very worried. |
Anonymous
| Tell us ,ore about this bill. |
Anonymous
| I haven't heard anything about this - FWIW my kids also have LD/communication disorders. |
Anonymous
| It's in DC, introduced by Catania, passed and signed by Mayor Gray. |
Anonymous
Anonymous
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Thanks for the link. From what I read, it actually doesn't sound bad. It sounds like decision making is retained at the school level and if a child isn't going to be promoted the school is required to provide additional schooling in the summer (unless waived). It seems like it would force the school to be more proactive in addressing the needs of kids who don't have IEPs. From the article: If the Focused Student Achievement Amendment Act wins final approval next month, school officials would have latitude to decide whether a child is ready to advance to the next grade. Students who are retained would be required to attend summer school unless specifically excused by school officials. “These decisions are best made by the teacher, the principal and the chancellor, as opposed to the existing regulation,” Catania said. He said the existing rules, which permit schools to fail students only in grades three, five and eight, allow students to advance to the next grade “simply by breathing.” |
Anonymous
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No, I have two SN/gifted kids, though, and DH and I know at this point exactly how to deal with school administrators, special ed people and the IEP process to assure that progress is measured appropriately for the both of them.
Here's my best advice: talk to your SN child's teachers, administrators and therapists about your concerns. I'm sure that they'll find a way to measure progress appropriately, depending on your child's diagnosis. |
Anonymous
| I have a SN kid with IEP at school and I am not worried at all about the bill. if I child is behind, just promoting the child to the next class is the worse disservice you can do to that child. when my child was in 1st grade and a little behind, I asked the school to keep her in 1st grade, and the school refused. we worked on a plan to help child, at home and at school, and the school did a great job with support (one on one or small group instructions for some time virtually every day and so on). child is now in 3rd grade and advanced in reading, at grade level in math (and we are still supporting her both at school and at home in math). just promoting her without the extra help would have been damaging to her, and she was just a little behind. the reality is that kids who are behind need extra help, not just been passed along to the next teacher untill they are so behind that they drop off. this is even more true for SN kids |
Anonymous
| this is so stressful... i'm really looking into 1/2 homeschooling... |
Anonymous
I don't know what 1/2 homeschooling is. Why is this so stressful for you? |