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29th August 2024 • Anseo.net - If I were the Minister for Education • Simon Lewis
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If you were to walk into any primary school and compared it to the classroom you might have sat in only a generation ago, apart from a big screen instead of a blackboard, the biggest difference you would see is the diversity of students in that room. One in four children in primary school have an additional need* and according to recent research over 45% of children with support needs are being failed in accessing their right to education. I have spent the last 15 years witnessing the slow collapse of services for children with additional needs in school. Join me over the coming weeks for 'Access Undone: The Collapse of Special Education,' where I explore what I believe is the 21st century’s educational scandal."

Sources: https://www.sensationalkids.ie/our-impact/facts-figures/ and https://inclusionireland.ie/news-events/department-of-education-removes-vital-resource-while-45-of-children-with-support-needs-are-being-failed-in-accessing-their-right-to-edu/

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If you were to walk

into any primary school.

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And compared it to the classroom, you

might have started only a generation ago.

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Apart from a big screen

instead of a Blackboard.

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The biggest difference you might see is

the diversity of students in that room.

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One in four children in primary

school has an additional need.

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And according to recent research,

over 45% of children with

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support needs are being failed in

accessing the right to education.

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My name is Simon Lewis

from onshore dot Nash.

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And I've spent the last 15 years

witnessing the slow collapse

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of services for children with

additional needs in school.

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Join me for access on done the

collapse of special education.

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Where I explore.

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What I believe is the 21st centuries

gracious educational scandal.

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