baltimoresun.com - Teacher's lessons include all pupils: "nnamarie Windsor, a first-grade teacher at Edgewood Elementary, has an annual request that principals don't often hear: 'Give me the special-needs kids.'
In many cases, special-needs pupils require extra time and attention that teachers with large classes often don't have to give. This year, Windsor's 19-pupil class has five children who are working from individualized education plans, each with needs unique to his learning disabilities.
Windsor said she uses those needs as teaching tools.
'When kids come in with special needs or behavior problems, I'm the first to admit it's disruptive,' said Windsor, a nominee last year for Harford teacher of the year. 'These kids disrupt academics, but the learning continues. I teach the whole child, with books and without.'"
