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I got my answers that this diploma is almost worthless.
What is the point in these LD kids to stay in school when they are going to get a certificate that will not enable them to further their education let alone get a decent job? It
boils down to what is the difference of having a IEP diploma(certificate of completion) and being a drop out
when you can not move ahead? I am sorry to be asking
so many questions about LD because I am LD and I care
about LD kids today.
In my days I was told by teachers,psychiatrists and my own parents that I have no right to an education and was told to give up on myself.This was in the 1970s.
Is it because the teachers did not care or did not have
the resources to know what to do to help underacheiving kids?

2007-01-30 12:28:12 · 2 answers · asked by doulasc 2 in Education & Reference Special Education

2 answers

There's two answers to your question. ONe is the self-serving politically correct rhetoric--which I won't bother to repeat.

The "Sepcial Ed" diploma can be sued in some jurisdictions where laws have been passed to require colleges to treat it as a high school diploma. Thaat's not much help--the students who have them are usually so under-educated by the schools they can't do college-level work without remedial work first. Otherwise , these diplomas (aka "certificates of completion," aka "IEP diplomas" aka I don't know what all) are essentially worthless scrap paper.

But they do serve a very real purpose. They are what sociologists call a "legitimating" tool. The schools and local/state agencies establish an IEP--wich isitself a way of taking control of the child's education away from the parents, rather than a "planning tool" as advertised). Then they set "benchmakrks," goals, etc. But by taking the child out of the track toward earning a high school diploma, they also relieve themselves of responsibility for acheiving any real results as far as teaching the child is concerned. And if parents object--they just point to the IEP and tell them the child is making satisfactory progress according to the plan the parents "agreed" to. That the "agreement" is, in effect, under duress is ignored (parents must agree in many cases--or the child gets no help at all).

And, of curse, the politicians who are ultimately responsible for this travesty/tragedy are free and clear--after all, they've "supported" policies to "help those poor disabled children." And since most peope have been taught that people with disabilties are damaged goods of whome nothing can be expected, no one challenges the system.

2007-01-30 14:02:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4 0

it depends if the IEP diploma is a Modified Standard Diploma or a Certificate of Completion. Modified standard diplomas are supposed to have teh same signifigance of a Standard Diploma-and should get you a job or into many colleges. I would guess it would not be accepted by Ivy League schools, but would be accepted by public state colleges and some mid level colleges. A certificate of Completion doesn't do any thing for you--many jobs will not hire you--and you will have to fight to get into college---it has been done------you can request a personal interview and plead your case...... This should have been made clear to you when you began High School-but often it is not...

2016-03-28 21:34:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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