A discussion of education in East Tennessee
GAO report: Special-needs kids abused in schools
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/18/siu.schools.abuse/index.html
Congressional auditors have uncovered widespread abuse of techniques used to restrain or discipline special-education students in U.S. schools, with some deaths linked to the practices, a top congressman says.
The findings are among those expected from a Government Accountability Office report scheduled to be released Tuesday. The report documented serious problems with the way children with disabilities are being treated in public schools, including cases of children being held face-down on the ground.
When confronted with complaints, school systems sometimes sought to minimize or deny the allegations, even after public investigations found the charges to be true.
The full report is here:
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09719t.pdf
- Tennessee is one of the few states that actually has laws against excessive restraint (passed this year).
- In most cases quoted in the report, the school system is notified of the abuse by parents, but parents' complaints are ignored.
- Many teachers found guilty of abuse are still in teaching positions, possibly in other states.
- Teachers convicted of abuse rarely do jail time.
Congressional auditors have uncovered widespread abuse of techniques used to restrain or discipline special-education students in U.S. schools, with some deaths linked to the practices, a top congressman says.
The findings are among those expected from a Government Accountability Office report scheduled to be released Tuesday. The report documented serious problems with the way children with disabilities are being treated in public schools, including cases of children being held face-down on the ground.
When confronted with complaints, school systems sometimes sought to minimize or deny the allegations, even after public investigations found the charges to be true.
The full report is here:
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09719t.pdf
- Tennessee is one of the few states that actually has laws against excessive restraint (passed this year).
- In most cases quoted in the report, the school system is notified of the abuse by parents, but parents' complaints are ignored.
- Many teachers found guilty of abuse are still in teaching positions, possibly in other states.
- Teachers convicted of abuse rarely do jail time.
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