My husband IS a special education teacher of 40 years, and I promise you, he made no more money than any other teacher in the public school system. In the Yeshivah it is even more of a problem making that parnassah, because the special education is a self-limiting class and in fact my husband’s hours were cut for the coming year because of the economy (he retired from the Board of Ed and is working in a fine Yeshivah for two years now). Special Ed is Special Ed. A regular teacher is neither trained nor usually temperamentally prepared to deal with the special needs of a student who needs that type of help. You cannot have across the board teaching and hope for the best. Many children have learning challenges which can be helped in one semester or one year. We have seen that happen in my husband’s classes. Others will need ongoing help just to stay at grade level, much less advance to a higher grade level. In my opinion these are not negotiable issues.
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