Fight bias in gov't funded TOD training programs

GrendelQ

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edit: I really don't want this issue derailed. Please disregard.
 
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GrendelQ said:
At a recent parent action committee mtg at my daughter's school for the deaf, our wonderful administrators shared with dismay a story about the federal government's biased approach to funding training programs for teachers of the deaf. According to our Exec Director, Judy Vreeland, last year, and again this year, they prioritized programs that emphasize "the teaching of listening and spoken language skills", and programs that train interpreters to work in mainstream settings. This is a clear bias against bilingual schools and leads to a reduction in the pool of qualified candidates to work in our schools.

I'm going to lift the following from an email I've just gotten from the Exec Director of our school:


If this issue grabs you, and you are a parent of a deaf child or a professional working with deaf children, please help support deaf kids like my little one who need the best possible teachers right now and all through her academic endeavors. Let your hands fly on those keyboards and send a powerful message right to the top. Hold off on beating up hearing parents of deaf kids if only for a few minutes, stand by our side -- at least temporarily -- and let's go change this biased approach to funding our kids' future.

I hope I'm not overstepping by sharing this level of detail, but given that it's been cc'd to several of our local politicians I think it's OK: I've attached Dr. Hoffmeister's letter so you can draw out any supporting arguments and the specifics of the funding in question.
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Your message would have been a wonderful example of advocacy, had it not been for the passive agressive and sarcastic nature of the sentence: "Hold off on beating up hearing parents of dead kids for only a few minutes".
 
I do have to say that I think a lot of it has to do with the push towards inclusion, and might even have some CI business connections. The government thinks it's cheaper to educate kids orally b/c they see the kids from Volta Voices, and not most of the kids who are struggling.....
 
And please repost....this is a VERY important issue that could save Deaf ed!
 
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