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Disabled children and inclusive education campaigners marched to the headquarters of the Government's education department demanding to be heard by an education official. [...]
Published On: December 1, 20063.6 min read712 wordsThe Government has won mixed reviews for its response to a report on special educational needs by an influential committee of MPs. The [...]
Published On: November 1, 20063.6 min read718 wordsAn influential committee of MPs has delivered a stinging rebuke to Alan Johnson, the Education Secretary, after he refused to make any significant changes [...]
Published On: October 1, 20063.9 min read771 wordsRona Tutt, a leading special educational needs expert, warns in a paper published today that nearly 1.5 million pupils with special needs are being [...]
Published On: September 1, 20062.3 min read466 wordsThis article was first printed in Education Journal in March 2000. It describes the Index for Inclusion: developing learning and participation in schools. The DfEE [...]
Published On: September 1, 20065 min read1002 wordsChildren with special educational needs (SEN) have a better chance of developing their academic, personal and social skills in a well-resourced mainstream school [...]
Published On: August 1, 20064 min read796 wordsThe head of Communications and Campaigns for Scope, Louise High, has said media coverage on the NUT survey of inclusion has fundamentally misinterpreted its [...]
Published On: July 1, 20063.9 min read789 wordsA number of Cambridge University academics say the NUT report on inclusion undermines the dignity of children and teachers. Writing in the Times Education [...]
Published On: June 1, 20065.5 min read1109 wordsSchools should be legally obliged to take in pupils with special educational needs, the Teachers' Union of Ireland suggested yesterday. Assistant general secretary, John MacGabhann, [...]
Published On: May 1, 20063.9 min read776 wordsAnother parent has joined the call for more support for autistic children and better training about autism for mainstream school teachers. Carol Keable sends [...]
Published On: April 1, 20063.5 min read709 wordsDiscrimination against people with disabilities is being challenged by a new campaign. 'Are We taking The Dis?' launched by the Disability Rights Commission (DRC), [...]
Published On: March 1, 20064.4 min read872 wordsThe mother of a young girl who cannot walk, talk, or see has been ordered by education chiefs to send her daughter to [...]
Published On: February 1, 20064 min read791 wordsGovernment inspectors have said that a Workington school's disability facilities are very good. Ashfield Junior School's learning difficulties and disability facilities were inspected by [...]
Published On: January 1, 20063.2 min read642 words
