Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Special Education

by Byrnes, Maryann

• ISBN13: 9780073515007
• ISBN10: 0073515000
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-11-28
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin

Summary

From the TAKING SIDES Series, this third edition of TAKING SIDES: SPECIAL EDUCATION presents current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. Each issue is thoughtfully framed with an issue summary, an issue introduction, and a postscript. An instructor's manual with testing material is available for each volume. USING TAKING SIDES IN THE CLASSROOM is also an excellent instructor resource with practical suggestions on incorporating this effective approach in the classroom. Each TAKING SIDES reader features an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sites and is supported by our student website, www.mhcls.com/online.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Introduction	xix
IDEA 2004: Emerging Issues	xxx
PART 1 SPECIAL EDUCATION AND SOCIETY	1	(152)
Issue 1. Has the ADA Accomplished Its Goals?	2	(15)
Yes: John Hockenberry, from ``Yes, You Can,'' Parade Magazine (July 24, 2005)	4	(4)
No: Patricia Jordan Rea and Judy Davis-Dorsey, from ``ADA in the Public School Setting: Practitioners' Reflections,'' Journal of Disability Policy Studies (vol. 15, no. 2, 2004)	8	(9)
Issue 2. Does IDEA 2004 Contain Substantial Changes?	17	(22)
Yes: H. Rutherford Turnbull, III, from ``Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Reauthorization: Accountability and Personal Responsibility,'' Remedial and Special Education (November/December, 2005)	19	(10)
No: Tom E. C. Smith, from ``IDEA 2004: Another Round in the Reauthorization Process,'' Remedial and Special Education (November/December 2005)	29	(10)
Issue 3. Is Eliminating Minority Overrepresentation Beyond the Scope of Public Schools?	39	(30)
Yes: M. Suzanne Donovan and Christopher T. Cross, from The Committee on Minority Representation in Special Education, Minority Students in Special and Gifted Education (National Academy Press, 2002)	41	(12)
No: Daniel J. Losen and Gary Orfield, from Racial Inequality in Special Education (Harvard Education Press, 2002)	53	(16)
Issue 4. Do Funding Systems Create a Perverse Incentive to Place Students in Special Education?	69	(26)
Yes: Jay P. Greene and Greg Forster, from Effects of Funding Incentives on Special Education Enrollment (Center for Civic Innovation at the Manhattan Institute, December 2002)	71	(12)
No: Kanya Mahitivanichcha and Thomas Parrish, from ``Do Non-Census Funding Systems Encourage Special Education Identification? Reconsidering Greene and Forster,'' Journal of Special Education Leadership (April 2005)	83	(12)
Issue 5. Does School Choice Open Doors for Students with Disabilities?	95	(18)
Yes: Lewis M. Andrews, from ``More Choices for Disabled Kids,'' Policy Review (no. 112, 2002)	97	(10)
No: Barbara Miner, from ``Vouchers: Special Ed Students Need Not Apply,'' Rethinking Schools Online (Winter 2003)	107	(6)
Issue 6. Do Students with Disabilities Threaten Effective School Discipline?	113	(16)
Yes: Kay S. Hymowitz, from ``Who Killed School Discipline?'' The City Journal (Spring 2000)	115	(8)
No: James A. Taylor and Richard A. Baker, Jr., from ``Discipline and the Special Education Student,'' Educational Leadership (January 2002)	123	(6)
Issue 7. Will More Federal Monitoring Result in Better Special Education?	129	(24)
Yes: National Council on Disability, from Back to School on Civil Rights: Advancing the Federal Commitment to Leave No Child Behind (January 25, 2000)	131	(8)
No: Frederick M. Hess and Frederick J. Brigham, from ``How Federal Special Education Policy Affects Schooling in Virginia,'' in Chester E. Finn, Jr., Andrew J. Rotherham, and Charles R. Hokanson, Jr., eds., Rethinking Special Education for a New Century (Thomas B. Fordham Foundation & Progressive Policy Institute, 2001)	139	(14)
PART 2 ACCESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY	153	(162)
Issue 8. Does NCLB Leave Some Students Behind?	154	(20)
Yes: Jennifer Booher-Jennings, from ``Rationing Education in an Era of Accountability,'' Phi Delta Kappan (June 2006)	156	(7)
No: U.S. Department of Education, from ``Working Together for Students with Disabilities: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB),'' http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/speced/toolkit/index.html (December 2005)	163	(11)
Issue 9. Will NCLB Requirements Produce Highly Qualified Special Education Teachers?	174	(17)
Yes: Rod Paige, from Remarks at the Education Department's First Annual Teacher Quality Evaluation Conference, http://www.ed.gov/print/news/speeches/2002/06/061102.html (June 11, 2002)	176	(6)
No: James McLeskey and Dorene D. Ross, from ``The Politics of Teacher Education in the New Millennium: Implications for Special Education Teacher Educators,'' Teacher Education and Special Education (Fall 2004)	182	(9)
Issue 10. Can Scientifically Based Research Guide Instructional Practice?	191	(26)
Yes: Samuel L. Odom, Ellen Brantlinger, Russell Gersten, Robert H. Horner, Bruce Thompson, and Karen R. Harris, from ``Research in Special Education: Scientific Methods and Evidence-Based Practices,'' Exceptional Children (Winter 2005)	193	(10)
No: Frederick J. Brigham, William E. Gustashaw, III, Andrew L. Wiley, and Michele St. Peter Brigham, from ``Research in the Wake of the No Child Left Behind Act: Why the Controversies Will Continue and Some Suggestions for Controversial Research,'' Behavioral Disorders (May 2004)	203	(14)
Issue 11. Can One Model of Special Education Serve All Students?	217	(23)
Yes: Wayne Sailor and Blair Roger, from ``Rethinking Inclusion: Schoolwide Applications,'' Phi Delta Kappan (March 2005)	219	(9)
No: Naomi Zigmond, from ``Where Should Students with Disabilities Receive Special Education Services? Is One Place Better than Another?'' The Journal of Special Education (vol. 37, no. 3, 2003)	228	(12)
Issue 12. Is Full Inclusion the Least Restrictive Environment?	240	(16)
Yes: Rosalind Vargo and Joe Vargo, from ``Voice of Inclusion: From My Friend Ro Vargo,'' in Richard A. Villa and Jacqueline S. Thousand, eds., Creating an Inclusive School, 2d ed. (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2005)	242	(7)
No: Amy Dockser Marcus, from ``Eli's Choice,'' The Wall Street Journal (December 31, 2005)	249	(7)
Issue 13. Should Students with Disabilities Be Exempt from Standards-Based Curriculum?	256	(12)
Yes: Rex Knowles and Trudy Knowles, from ``Accountability for What?'' Phi Delta Kappan (January 2001)	258	(5)
No: Jerry Jesness, from ``You Have Your Teacher's Permission to Be Ignorant,'' Education Week (November 8, 2000)	263	(5)
Issue 14. Have Schools Gone Too Far in Using Accommodations?	268	(19)
Yes: James M. Kauffman, Kathleen McGee, and Michele Brigham, from ``Enabling or Disabling? Observations on Changes in Special Education,'' Phi Delta Kappan (April 2004)	270	(9)
No: MaryAnn Byrnes, from ``Accommodations for Students with Disabilities: Removing Barriers to Learning,'' National Association of Secondary School Principals Bulletin (February 2000)	279	(8)
Issue 15. Should Students with Cognitive Disabilities Be Expected to Demonstrate Academic Proficiency?	287	(28)
Yes: Kevin S. McGrew and Jeffrey Evans, from Expectations for Students with Cognitive Disabilities: Is the Cup Half Empty or Half Full? Can the Cup Flow Over? (National Center on Educational Outcomes, December 2004)	289	(13)
No: James M. Kauffman, from Education Deform: Bright People Sometimes Say Stupid Things About Education (The Scarecrow Press, 2002)	302	(13)
PART 3 ISSUES ABOUT DISABILITIES	315	(79)
Issue 16. Can Brain Scans Unravel the Mystery of Learning Disabilities?	316	(18)
Yes: Sally E. Shaywitz and Bennett A. Shaywitz, from ``Reading Disability and the Brain,'' Educational Leadership (March 2004)	318	(6)
No: Gerald Coles, from ``Danger in the Classroom: `Brain Glitch' Research and Learning to Read,'' Phi Delta Kappan (January 2004)	324	(10)
Issue 17. Is Attention Deficit (Hyperactivity) Disorder Overdiagnosed?	334	(22)
Yes: Arthur Allen, from ``The Trouble with ADHD,'' The Washington Post (March 18, 2001)	336	(12)
No: Russell A. Barkley, from Taking Charge of ADHD: The Complete, Authoritative Guide for Parents, 2d ed. (The Guilford Press, 2000)	348	(8)
Issue 18. Are There Scientifically Effective Treatments for Autism?	356	(22)
Yes: James B. Adams, Stephen M. Edelson, Temple Grandin, and Bernard Rimland, from ``Advice for Parents of Young Autistic Children,'' Autism Research Institute, http://www.autism.org (Spring 2004)	358	(10)
No: Committee on Educational Interventions for Children with Autism, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council, from Educating Children with Autism (National Academy Press, 2001)	368	(10)
Issue 19. Should One-on-One Nursing Care Be Part of Special Education?	378	(16)
Yes: John Paul Stevens, from Majority Opinion, Cedar Rapids Community School District v. Garret F., U.S. Supreme Court (March 3, 1999)	380	(8)
No: Clarence Thomas, from Dissenting Opinion, Cedar Rapids Community School District v. Garret F., U.S. Supreme Court (March 3, 1999)	388	(6)
Contributors	394	(9)
Index	403