Seeding Special Education
A special ed teacher who practices inclusion is like an aerial trapeze artist, swinging from bars to balance beam with a grace that defies the conventions of gravity. For 30 years, my youngest sister, Evelyn Margolin, has been bouncing from class to class, working with her students at all levels of ability to adapt the curriculum for their special needs while communicating with their parents and caregivers and teaming up with other teachers and assistants.
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