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Ed Week high school discussion

By JohnL on Nov. 10, 2008.

Education Week’s Christina Samuels has been conducting a series of discussions about special education policy. Today’s, starting in just a few minutes, focuses on reform of high schools. Check it.

This Week’s Live Chat

Special Education and High School Reform Date: Monday, November 10, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern time Where: http://www.edweek-chat.org Submit questions here: http://www.edweek-chat.org/index.html?act=q&id=205#question

High school reform has taken the nation by storm in recent years. High-profile initiatives have included efforts to raise standards and academic rigor, provide a more relevant educational experience, prepare students for college and the workplace, and recreate the American high school as an institution devoted to meeting the needs of each student on a more personalized level. How can these schools meet all of these general goals while also effectively serving student populations with distinct educational needs, such as students with disabilities?

Please join Education Week staff writer Christina Samuels as she moderates a lively discussion with leading experts on the challenges of delivering high-quality special education services in the context of a reforming high school.

This is the second in our month long series of online chats in which leading experts in the field will engage in a lively, in-depth dialogue on critical issues facing special education today. More information on the month long chat series and EPE Research Center’s new report on special education in America is available here: http://www.edweek.org/rc/articles/2008/10/27/special_education_in_america.html

About the guests:

Kim Sweet is executive director of Advocates for Children of New York, an organization working to secure quality and equal public education services for New York City’s most impoverished and vulnerable families.

David Bloomfield, an expert on special education and school district reform, is a professor and head of the Educational Leadership program at Brooklyn College and former president of New York’s Citywide Council on High Schools.

Laura Schulz is an experienced special educator and former division manager/organizational facilitator with Talent Development High Schools. She is currently a Resident Principal with New Leaders for New Schools, and is doing her residency in Baltimore City at Academy for College and Career Exploration High School (ACCE).

No special equipment other than Internet access is needed to participate in this text-based chat. A transcript will be posted shortly after the completion of the chat.

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