Schools for All, or Separate but Equal?; An Interpreter Isn’t Enough - New York Times
This article is an old one, written and published way back in 1994 by the New York Times. I had read it a few years ago, and came across it again recently.
Still as relevant, still as thought-provoking and still a tinderbox to spark debate.
It’s a few minutes before the class will start. Everyone’s fishing notebooks from knapsacks and sharpening pencils, and it’s all "What did you put for the last answer on the algebra?" and "Tomorrow’s the last day for yearbook money, right?" and "If we want to stay for the game, Toni says she can give us a ride." All of the eleventh-graders are speaking or listening, directly or indirectly. Except for one student, sitting down front. She is neither speaking nor listening; she is not involved; she is deaf.
