Special ed teachers labor under NCLB stress

At Oakhill Elementary School in Streamwood, Illinois, teachers stress out annually to reach federal academic bars set by the No Child Left Behind Act. That’s especially true when it comes to those teaching students who have special needs, according to Sue Kellner, a special education resource instructor at Oakhill, who works with about 20 special education students on a weekly basis. The school has anywhere from 60 to 70 special education students per year, according to Kellner. Even though more than 78% of the students at Oakhill met or exceeded math and reading standards set by the act this year, the school failed to make “adequate yearly progress” because of a few special ed students not meeting the standard in reading. Read the article in The Courier News.