Henry Ford once said, “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is a progress; working together is success”. From here, the concept of inclusive education, including students with and without learning disabilities as peers in the same classroom, originated. The aim of this type of education is to get students with learning disabilities involved in the society. Teachers and fellow students will also provide help for students with disabilities; in this way, students with learning disabilities will be motivated to study as they feel that they are a part of a group instead of being isolated in special places. Thus, they will achieve higher grades. Moreover, they will be greatly engaged in the society as they are building bridges with their peers from several backgrounds. On the long run, teachers, parents, and the society as a whole would develop. Students with learning disabilities should be included in the “normal” classroom because it improves their …show more content…
One reason why students with learning disabilities should be included in the normal classroom is that inclusion improves their academic performance. Patricia J. Rea, Virginia L. McLaughlin, and Chriss Walther-Thomas, researchers in education programs, conducted a study to compare the students’ academic behavior between inclusive schools and special schools. This study was published as an article titled “Outcomes for Students With Learning Disabilities in Inclusive and Pullout Programs.” .factors such as the teachers’ efforts, the number of students in each classroom, and the IEP (Individualized Education Plan) objectives were taken into consideration throughout the study. They found that inclusive schools use interactive teaching that benefits students with learning disabilities; interactive teaching includes