Special Education

SchoolBook: City Panel Approves Special Education Inclusion Plan

24 May 2012

A plan to restructure the city’s special education program by funneling thousands of learning disabled children into mainstream classrooms -- an increasingly popular practice around the country -- was given the go-ahead Wednesday night when the Panel for Education Policy voted to finance it. Said Chancellor Dennis M. Walcott after the vote: “We’re pure, at least with regards to the goals we are ...

City Panel Approves Special Education Inclusion Plan

24 May 2012

A plan to restructure the city’s special education program by funneling thousands of learning disabled children into mainstream classrooms -- an increasingly popular practice around the country -- was given the go-ahead Wednesday night when the Panel for Education Policy voted to finance it. Said Chancellor Dennis M. Walcott after the vote: “We’re pure, at least with regards to the goals we are ...

Westlake special education assistant wins award

24 May 2012

Kris Hamilton, a special education assistant at Bassett Elementary School, received a 2012 Outstanding Paraprofessional/Educational Aide Achievement Award from the Educational Service Center (ESC) of Cuyahoga County.