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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow. Some of these comments are awful. I can tell you that, a few decades ago, yes— they put all the sped kids in their own class. This included kids with profound disabilities who could not speak or use the toilet even as teenagers, and it included kids with dyslexia.

My sibling & my spouse were in classes like this (both dyslexic). Trust me, it did NOT lead to “better educational outcomes” for the kids who just had an LD. Instead, kids in those classes were stigmatized by peers, and the adults at the school assumed they weren’t capable of much & certainly wouldn’t go to college. It was an awful system.

Now, I agree that kids with extreme needs/profound cognitive or developmental disabilities might do better with their own class/nor mainstreamed. But that’s already happening. [/quote]

I don’t agree that students with dyslexia should be placed into self-contained sped classes (unless they have additional diagnoses that require it), but there has to be a middle ground. Additional tiers should be in place. Those who are ready to tackle more challenging work can be placed into one classroom, while those with greater needs are placed into another classroom with fewer students and more supports.

What we have got to stop doing is pretending that mixing all ability levels together is doing anyone favors. It’s one of the biggest reasons teachers are leaving — having a gen ed class of 30 students, half of them with ieps. It’s an absurd amount of work.

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