Do Some Schools Have A Record Of Educating Children In The Lre?

(April, 2001)

     While the New Continuum offers the vision that eventually all schools will include children with special needs and provide them appropriate services and resources, clearly it will take time for the system to transform itself fully. Until the recently adopted revised Continnuum for Delivery of Special Education Services (the "New Continuum"), the school system separated children by their diagnosed disabilities, and the disability determined the class placement. Students with moderate to severe disabilities were given particular Modified Instructional Services ("MIS") or Specialized Instructional Environment ("SIE") designations. A glossary of these designations follows at the end of this page. In the meantime, we are often asked for a list of schools already providing inclusion classes. At this time (spring 2001), the Board of Education points to two main clusters of inclusive education programs -- 1) those participating in the Least Restrictive Environment Initiative, which is now referred to as a pilot program, and 2) inclusive classrooms affiliated with District 75, both listed and explained below. We also list some noteworthy programs identified by Public School Reports that include children with special needs in general education classrooms.

     This is by no means an exhaustive list of all schools practicing inclusive education, nor is it an endorsement of these particular programs. It’s simply a place to start your research. For more information about particular schools, see Public School Reports and the Board of Education’s School Report Cards.

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