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Every Child Deserves a Special Education
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Every Child Deserves a Special Education
Five Mindframes That Ensure All Students Learn



June 2025 | 136 pages | Corwin

Lay the foundation for inclusive, impactful classrooms where every student thrives

Every student deserves an education that is meaningful, memorable, and built for them. When we design learning with intentional, universal support, the impact extends beyond individual students—it transforms entire classrooms.

In Every Child Deserves a Special Education, the authors introduce five powerful mindframes that reshape the way we think about teaching, learning, and inclusion. These mindframes spark a cycle of reflection and growth, shifting not just what we do, but how we see our students, our classrooms, and our role as educators. Inside, you’ll find:

  • Five essential educator mindframes—helping you plan for both diverse learners and the diversity within each learner
  • Stories and examples that bring these mindframes to life through real classroom experiences
  • Reflection tools to help you examine and refine your own beliefs and practices

True inclusion starts with how we think, not just what we do. Every Child Deserves a Special Education will help you build the mindset every classroom needs for all students to thrive.

 
Introduction
 
Mindframe One: Every Child Is Special
Necessary for Some, Good for ALL

 
Thinking Strategically

 
 
Mindframe Two: All Students Can Achieve at High Levels
Labels as Opportunity Thieves

 
Expecting Successful Inclusion

 
An Infused Skills Grid

 
 
Mindframe Three: Differentiation Provides Multiple Pathways to Succeed
What is differentiation?

 
Differentiation is NOT a Set of Activities

 
Differentiation Focuses on Time and Pathways

 
Differentiation is NOT Tracking

 
Personalization and Individualization are Not the Essence of Differentiation

 
 
Mindframe Four: Instruction Can Prevent Gaps and Intervention Can Close Them
A Decision-Making Model

 
Data Meetings

 
 
Mindframe Five: Assessment Has the Power to Promote Growth
Misunderstandings of Formative and Summative

 
Multiple Means of Representation

 
Mastery Rubrics

 
Assess WITH Students

 
Feedback

 
Self Assessment

 
Connecting Self-Assessment and Feedback

 
 
Conclusion

Lee Ann Jung

Lee Ann Jung,PhD,is founder of Lead Inclusion, Clinical Professor at San Diego State University, and a consultant to schools worldwide. A former special education teacher and administrator, Lee Ann now spends her time in schools, working shoulder-to-shoulder with teams in their efforts to improve systems and practice. She has consulted with schools in more than 30 countries and throughout the United States in the areas of universal design for learning, inclusion, intervention, and mastery assessment and grading. Lee Ann is the author of 7 books, numerous journal articles and book chapters on inclusion, universal design, and assessment. She... More About Author

Lorraine Graham

Lorraine Graham, PhD, is foundation professor of Learning Intervention at The University of Melbourne. Lorraine began her career as a primary (elementary) teacher. She has written eight books and has a track record of scholarship in the areas of inclusive education and intervention research. Over the last 30 years Lorraine has worked nationally and internationally with schools and school systems to support students with learning difficulties and deliver professional learning to teachers. In 2023, Lorraine was honoured for significant service to education, particularly in the field of inclusive learning. More About Author

Nancy Frey

Nancy Frey is a professor in educational leadership at San Diego State University and a teacher leader at Health Sciences High and Middle College. She is a credentialed special educator, reading specialist, and administrator in California. She is a member of the International Literacy Association’s Literacy Research Panel. Her published titles include 50 Strategies for Activating Your PLC+, The Illustrated Guide to Visible Learning, Welcome to Teaching Multilingual Learners, Teaching Foundational Skills to Adolescent Readers, and RIGOR Unveiled: A Video-Enhanced Flipbook to Promote Teacher Expertise in Relationship Building,... More About Author

Douglas Fisher

Douglas Fisher is professor and chair of educational leadership at San Diego State University and a teacher leader at Health Sciences High and Middle College. Previously, Doug was an early intervention teacher and elementary school educator. He is a credentialed English teacher and administrator in California. In 2022, he was inducted into the Reading Hall of Fame by the Literacy Research Association. He has published numerous articles on reading and literacy, leadership, and curriculum design, as well as books such as The Teacher Clarity Playbook (2nd ed.), Your Introduction to PLC+, The Illustrated Guide to Teacher Credibility,... More About Author

John Hattie

John Hattie, PhD, is an award-winning education researcher and best-selling author with nearly thirty years of experience examining what works best in student learning and achievement. His research, better known as Visible Learning, is a culmination of nearly thirty years synthesizing more than 2,100 meta-analyses comprising more than one hundred thousand studies involving over 300 million students around the world. He has presented and keynoted in over three hundred international conferences and has received numerous recognitions for his... More About Author

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