Scot Woods: PoliticsRambilngs about the War, the upcoming elections and political philosophy.Mercury: Why so many kids have trouble at school- June 17, 2005 Anybody who knows anybody involved in education is anecdotally aware of the shocking number of children our teachers are encountering who have learning and emotional disabilities. And epidemiologists are certainly away of a huge cohort of children diagnosed with autism in our elementary schools. My fiancee Teresa teaches fourth and fifth graders in an Ann Arbor-area school, and more than half of her class qualifies for some sort of special education benefit. It's heartbreaking to see, and..http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/061605HA.shtml |