Boston Barriers to Mainstreaming

Posted by Greg Cruey Mar 2, 2006

March 2 - The Boston Globe published an article yesterday on the number of special education students in the Boston public school system who spend the majority of their day in classes where ALL students have some disability. The Globe said that over 40 percent of Boston's special education students were being scheduled this way - compared to a statewide average in Massachusetts of just 16 percent. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires that students with disabilities be education together with their non-disabled peers to the greatest extent reasonably possible. Massachusetts' State Department of Education has warned Boston that it needs to correct this situation...