Kansas University to Test Alternative to Traditional Special Education Programs
| No two kids fit into the same mold. But children falling behind their classmates in schoolwork are delivered to the same few categories outside the classroom, such as special education or English as a Second Language. These resources may or may not be specific to their individual needs. |
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Sailor is teaming up with the Illinois Department of Education to try a different model on schools in both states. The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs has awarded KU a $1.5 million grant over four years to work with schools in Kansas and Illinois to test a Response to Intervention model. Under the model, schools would use three levels of intervention and monitor how students respond or progress in their work at each level. Children having persistent problems on the first level in the general education classroom are temporarily grouped in a smaller setting, the secondary intervention level.
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