Special schools: Should they be phased out?

Ilektra Spandagou

By Ilektra Spandagou
Community contribution / October 10, 2023

Even before the release of the Final Report of the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability, the differing views on segregated settings for people with disability in education received media attention.

Soon the debate was framed around the closing of special schools. Acknowledging the calls for a faster phase-out, I focus ...

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Ilektra Spandagou is an Associate Professor at the Sydney School of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney. She has more than twenty years of experience in researching and teaching internationally in the areas of inclusive education policy and practice, comparative education, disability, classroom diversity, and curriculum differentiation.

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