P.S. 5: The Mental Health Maze
“The resources you bring really determine what you get and what the end results are.”
Edward Mui is a Miseducation student reporter from Staten Island.
By Edward Mui
The New York State constitution promises “a system of free common schools, wherein all the children of this state may be educated." But what happens when that word — all — is tested?
Roughly one in five NYC public school students has a learning disability. Some have particularly severe behavioral or mental health challenges requiring accommodations that the average school isn’t equipped to provide. So what then? Where do those students go?
Well, according to new reporting from Abigail Kramer, it often depends on what their parents can pay.
Listen to my conversation with Abigail about what she uncovered in her story and what she thinks needs to change.
Abigail Kramer is this week’s guest. Click to read her investigative story on inequities in how NYC supports students with special needs.
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