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[quote=Anonymous]I am a gen ed teacher who has an ESL certification and a sped certification and I've been in the field 25 years.  I don't know of any population that is getting what they need, even in the best funded systems.  A LOT of money is spent on special education, but it isn't enough.  Some extra money is spent on ELL's.  Gen ed students get the least amount of resources and services.

There is a lot of research that shows once kids enter special education, they never leave and their prospects in life are not good.  To this point, my district tries to keep kids out of sped if possible.  Our ELL's have mixed results.  It really seems to depend on poverty, parent interest in education, luck and a bunch of other factors.  I don't know.  But I do know this isn't really one group versus another.  All students need more resources in the form of trained teachers.  All of them.

I do know there is someone on this board who posts frequently about dyslexia and how few trained teachers there are, etc, etc.  To that person I will say this: The ONLY way things change in education is by parents and teachers who work together to form advocacy groups to pressure the government into better laws and more funding.  Historically, this is how change happens if you look at special ed over the last few hundred years.  So, dyslexia mom, instead of whining on this site, if you want to see change there's only one way that's going to happen:  You'll have to dedicate the rest of your life to organizing around this issue.  That's the solution.  You may not like it, but it's the only option if you want to see change.[/quote]

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