Mislabeled as Disabled

Published: July 22, 2019, 2:48 p.m.

In Maryland, about 100,000 students-almost one in eight-are in special education classes. Do they all belong there?Longtime public-education advocate Kalman “Buzzy” Hettleman’s latest book is, “Mislabeled as Disabled: The Educational Abuse of Struggling Learners and How We Can Fight It”.Hettleman says one reason failing students end up in special ed is that they don't receive research-based instruction to help them catch up to their peers.