UK National Union of Teachers: "School Inclusion Can Be Abuse"

BBC:

Children with special needs are far more likely to be excluded
Including children with special educational needs in mainstream classrooms can be "a form of abuse", a professor of education has said. John MacBeath of Cambridge University was commenting on a report he co-wrote for the National Union of Teachers.

NUT general secretary Steve Sinnott called for an audit of provision around England as a step towards addressing "major areas of policy failure".

But ministers said children were taught successfully in a range of settings.

Schools Minister Andrew Adonis said: "We put the needs of the child first."

The Cambridge report, The Costs of Inclusion, said teachers and teaching assistants were often going "beyond the call of duty" to help children with special educational needs (SEN).

National Union of Teacher's press release.

The complete report is evidently not online. However, Gregor Sutherland mentioned that the report is available for £7. His email: gs280 at cam.ac.uk

Posted by Jim Zellmer at May 19, 2006 5:01 PM
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