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Department of Education is essential The U.S. Department of Education is essential IF you care about equal opportunity for ALL students.
In 1975, President Ford signed the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. Now known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), this federal law mandates that all eligible students with disabilities receive a free, appropriate, public education. IDEA now requires appropriate services for all of these eligible children from birth to age 21.
What would have happened without the federal law and the oversight of the Department of Education? Since 1975, I have asked thousands of special education administrators around the country, in all 50 states, if their students with disabilities would be receiving an appropriate education without the federal law. Believe it or not, only one administrator said that would be so. IDEA is but one example of a federal law that nationally mandates equal opportunity.
Waiting for all states to show commitment to the challenging needs of these students would mean that, even today, many students with disabilities would not be receiving appropriate services. Federal law has endeavored to ensure that students with disabilities, poor students, English language learners, and other students with special needs receive a fair shot in education. The U.
S. Department of Education has provided invaluable assistance related to federal funding for services, research and accountability. Is the U.
S. Department of Education perfect? Is your business? No organization is perfect. Without the work of the U.
S. Department of Education, millions of our children and youth with special needs would not be the productive adults they have become. That matters IF you care about these wonderful children and youth.
Stevan Kukic, PhD, Longmont Poodle’s death is regrettable and entirely preventable The reported case of the attack, and killing, of a leashed dog by an off-leash dog is a surprise only in that it doesn’t happen more often. The culture of entitlement manifest by dog owners: letting their dogs defecate on elementary school playing fields, casually letting their pets slobber over food aisles in grocery stores, and running with reckless abandon is more pervasive than ever before. This entitlement is matched only by a refusal of citizenry, and authorities to sternly challenge pet owners as to their behavior.
If you’re looking for an example; take a gander at the enforcement of the no-pets policy on Pearl St. This poodle’s death is most regrettable and yet entirely preventable. Richard Royal, Lafayette Why did anyone vote for the man in the White House? A letter writer wonders why anyone voted for Kamala Harris.
Considering the corruption, chaos, lawlessness and malevolence underway in Washington in the few short weeks of the new administration a better question is, why did anyone vote for the man currently in the White House? Allan Brayley, Broomfield Insightful observation on antisemitism That guest opinion on antisemitism is so welcome. There are many people with racist ideologies who truly hate people just for being Jewish. This letter reminds us to separate that very real racist behavior from the deceptive use of that label.
I’m reminded of a quote that I saw some years ago: “ It’s a trick. We always use it. When, from Europe, somebody is criticizing Israel, we bring up the Holocaust.
When, in (the United States), people are criticizing Israel, then they are anti-Semitic, ” Shulamit Aloni said. Shulamit Aloni was an Israeli politician. She founded the Ratz party, was leader of the Meretz party, Leader of the Opposition from 1988 to 1990, and served as Minister of Education from 1992 to 1993.
In 2000, she won the Israel Prize, according to Wikipedia . Thank you for being a news source that will publish insightful observations such as this one by Mr. Forer.
Gary Anderson, Littleton.
