Contents

Introduction

Preface

Part I. The Indictment

1 A Preview of Coming Infractions

2 The Big Lie—How Struggling Learners Are Illegally Placed in Special Education

3 Underachievement and the Big Cover Up

Part II. The Right Instruction at the Right Time

4 RTI to the Rescue of Struggling Learners

5 Special Education Is Not Special Enough

Part III. Who’s to Blame?

6 Show Teachers the Money

7 Mismanagement of Classroom Instruction

Part IV. The Possibilities and Politics of Reform

8 The Folly of Reliance on State and Local Reform

9 A Civil Right to End the Wrongs and the Reinvention of Special Education

10 A Political Call to Action: Parents—Unite and Fight!

Notes

Index

Acknowledgments

About the Author