PARENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN DESERVE SCHOOL OPTIONS

 Dianna Muldrow, a policy analyst for the Center for Effective Justice of The Texas Public Policy Foundation, is emphasizing the unfortunate fact that many children in Texas are being denied their rights to a good quality education. A recent investigative report from the Houston Chronicle alleges that the Texas Education Agency (TEA) has systematically lowered the number of students granted special education status in the state since 2004. Muldrow's, main intended audience are the parents of children with either diagnosed or non-diagnosed learning disabilities, as well as administrators, teachers, and especially the (TEA) for not taking into full consideration the resources that children with learning disabilities deserve.  

  Imagine, your child has the very same potential than that of a scholar; but he/she is being denied the resources to help them succeed? wouldn't that make you as a parent angry, questionable, and even untrustworthy towards our educational system? That's exactly what the public education system has/is doing too many children who deserve the benefits of special education. As Muldrow, argues on behalf of the parents who have children with learning disabilities, "what is certain is that many parents do not feel that the needs of their [children] are being met by the schools district." what this results in, is more parents turning to alternative educational methods, making parents turn to private, charter, or online schooling. 

 Certainly, there isn't anything wrong with educational alternative methods; if you can afford them? but for the single parent or families who unfortunately do not have the financial necessities for this kind of education; it can be an indefinite burden on their part. Actually, it impacts the children even more, because they're the ones not receiving the adequate education that they drastically deserve. As you might have been able to tell with my diction, I most definitely agree with Dianna Muldrow stance. Mainly, because every child should have the right to fully reach their academic potential, but if you have a system that's not fully letting children strive for their academic excellence; because they have a slower cognitive process. It just isn't ethical! Think in terms of how the children are going to psychologically feel when it comes time for them to actually step out into the real world. What do you think? is it going to be all sunshine, or is that child who is now an adult going to fully strive to succeed? No matter the circumstance every child should have the right to a prosperous education, and that to me is final.