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[b]Every school must serve special needs kids in the regular classroom. It is the law. [/b]

Floortime helps some children with autism. But there is no evidence that it will help a child with dyslexia learn to read, teach a child with an expressive speech disorder to speak or improve phonemic awareness, or remediate dysgraphia etc.

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No, that is not the law. Every local education agency (usually the school district, in DC, each charter is it's own LEA) must serve SN kids in the least restrictive environment where they can get an appropriate education. For many, this will be the regular classroom. But kids with more severe SN get pushed into segregated rooms with all SN kids because the LEA/charter/school district argues that the child cannot get an appropriate education in the regular classroom. (Of course, some SN needs kids are not "pushed" into these programs; many parents want such specialized programs!) CMI is unique -- as far as I can tell -- because their philosophy is that SN kids -- even kids with severe special needs and related behavior problems -- get educated in the regular classrooms. Other charter schools which don't have special ed classrooms will pay for the kids to be placed in another LEA (or, more likely, pressure the family out of the school, but they can't admit to that because it is illegal). [/quote]

What you find admirable does not necessarily work for all children. One size fits all is not the point of IDEA. Meeting every student's educational needs is the point. [b]CMI may work for students who fit their model, but they haven't yet figured out how to teach all children.
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Most schools haven’t figured out how to teach ALL children...thus the gap. [/quote]

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