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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's not really fair to the ESOL and SPED students that they are tossed in a class most of the day where they often understand very little. If they are lucky they get an hour a day of pull out instruction and someone coming in off and on to help them. It's not enough and I can't imagine how lost many of them feel.[/quote]

I feel this acutely.  The over emphasis on mainstreaming everyone immediately is almost always to the detriment of kids who need extra help.  I see classes with more than 10 students with IEP's and more than 5 students who are Wnhlish learners, with one part time aide who 90% of the time has to focus on student who has intensive behavioral needs and needs constant 1-1 attention.  All of the other kids just get whatever the main classroom teacher can give, plus a short pull out group for EL's during 20-30 mins of language arts.

Would most IEP students and EL's be getting more attention and learning more in self-contained classes?  Absolutely.  No question.

I don't understand when the "least restrictive environment" slipped to ALWAYS being the mainstream classroom.  [/quote]

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