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"Rights" "Without" "Labels" Three words. Technically, those three words could be aligned into a 3x2 factorial design, but I prefer to think of them as a 2x2 factorial, which would of course results in the following four possibilities: a) Rights with labels (++); b) Rights without labels (+-): c) No rights with labels; or (-+) d) No rights without labels (--). In conceptualizing RWOL, most of us center in on the powerful term, "labels." But it's important not to forget the other all-important term, "rights." Whether they are educational rights or civil rights, RWOL wants to provide them and protect them. So let's rule out c and d as any kind of a viable option because in our model, we want student rights and powerful and appropriate education. Everyone would agree with that, right? That leaves us with a choice between a and b. We want to provide educational rights, but do we want to label or not? Our present system is a "Rights With Labels" system, for example, "We'll protect your rights, but only if we can call you LD!" Take a little time and ask yourself how well that paradigm is working for our students. RWOL proposes b: rights without labels (+-). It's pretty much that straightfoward. Shall we label? Or not? |
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