My thoughts on special education
From CBS News in Florida: “After 7-Year-Old Gabriel Myers’ Suicide, Fla. Bill Looks to Tighten Access to Psychiatric Drugs” The issue with children in foster care being over medicated is a national problem and is the result of a critical shortage of pediatric psychiatrists and the reality of psychotherapy not being covered by insurance. The […]
7-Year-Old Gabriel Myers Never Had a Chance Read More »
Link to a guest post I wrote on Diane Ravitch’s blog about the bipartisan failure to save Detroit. The public schools of Detroit, like those of Muskegon Heights and Highland Park, have been put under the unilateral rule of an Emergency Manager appointed by the governor. In the latter two districts, the public schools were
Who Abandoned Detroit? Read More »
In response to the Detroit Free Press article: Newton Shootings Prompts Calls for Mental Health Reform My son could be Heather Tillman’s son. My son could be Liza Long’s son. But he isn’t. He is my son and has suffered his entire life in MI. A state that saw its psychiatric services destroyed by John
Michigan gets a “D” for devastating children with unmet psychiatric needs Read More »
Happy Friday, Muskegon Heights For-Profit Charter School!. Â I am the writer of the comment highlighted by Diane Ravitch on her incredible blog. Â Here’s hoping the MDE finds its ethical compass with its nifty GPS navigation system and finds the violations in the Muskegon Heights Public School Academy.
Happy Friday, Muskegon Heights For-Profit Charter School! Read More »
While I very much appreciate many of the points captured in Dr. Young’s Detroit Free Press oped, “Making it easier to identify and treat the next Adam Lanza,” I struggle with the title and it’s somewhat sensationalistic slant. Â We all know that an infinitesimal number of children go on to commit such violently tragic acts
