Jan 14, 2020, Fox 25, Flint, MI: Flint families want more money allocated for special education https://nbc25news.com/news/local/flint-families-want-more-money-allocated-for-special-education Some parents and community leaders are frustrated about the amount of special education funding for Flint Community Schools. They are aware of the rising number of students in special education in Flint, and they feel that Genesee Intermediate School District (GISD) doles out too little money. They took their concerns to a meeting at Genesee Intermediate School District on Tuesday…. American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan, Education Law Center and the White and Case law firm filed a lawsuit at GISD, Michigan Department of Education, and the Michigan Department of Education in 2016. One of the complaints involve the formula for disbursement, which factors in total student population. The suit suggests that special ed funding should be based solely on the students who rely on it. It estimates that the change would more than double amount that Flint Community Schools receives…. Flint Community Schools has previously said that special education costs more and strains the district, which is already facing financial challenges.
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Childhood Lost
Children today are noticeably different from previous generations, and the proof is in the news coverage we see every day. This site shows you what’s happening in schools around the world. Children are increasingly disabled and chronically ill, and the education system has to accommodate them. Things we've long associated with autism, like sensory issues, repetitive behaviors, anxiety and lack of social skills, are now problems affecting mainstream students. Blame is predictably placed on bad parenting (otherwise known as trauma from home).
Addressing mental health needs is as important as academics for modern educators. This is an unrecognized disaster. The stories here are about children who can’t learn or behave like children have always been expected to. What childhood has become is a chilling portent for the future of mankind.
Anne Dachel, Media editor, Age of Autism
http://www.ageofautism.com/media/
(John Dachel, Tech. assist.)
What will happen in another 4 years? How can we go on like this? This is a national (and international) problem of monumental proportions. We have an entire new class of children who cannot be accommodated by the system: many are manifestly neurologically impaired. Meanwhile, the government and the medical profession sleep on regardless.
John Stone,
UK media editor, Age of Autism
The generation of American children born after 1990 are arguably the sickest generation in the history of our country.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
It seemed to me that with rising autism prevalence, you’d also see rising autism costs to society, and it turns out, the costs are catastrophic.
They calculated that in 2015 autism cost the United States $268 billion and they projected that if autism continues at its current rate, we’re looking at one trillion dollars a year in autism costs by 2025, so within five years.
Toby Rogers, PhD, Political economist
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