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Shannon Gasper Mrs. Brezinsky Advanced Composition 12 February 2013 Improving Special Education Over the past years, there is no topic that is more controversial between parents, teachers and administrators than inclusion. A school system's main objective throughout the year is to help their students succeed. School administrators strive to see their students succeed in school, and also continue to become better human beings. One way a school system can ensure their students will become better students in and outside a classroom is through the new system of inclusion. Inclusion in the classroom should be implemented throughout all the school systems because of the benefits it gives for both students with disabilities and students without disabilities. Throughout the history of education, special education has changed vastly. In 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower passed a law directly in support of special education; the law was to provide federal support for training teachers for children with mental retardation. By implementing this law, each child with mental retardation will be given the attention they deserve. As special education became more like regular education the number of children with disabilities at school became more noticeable. According to Robert Osgood, the author of “The History of Inclusion the United States,” in 1966, “Over 127,000 school-age children were enrolled in enrolled in an institution an increase of 40,000 since 1958….Nearly 1,979,000 of children in 1966 were enrolled in the public school programs for visually handicapped, hearing impaired, crippled or “special health” emotionally” (Osgood). As shown in the numbers, children with disabilities in the mid-1900s started to receive help, but ... ... middle of paper ... ...al needs’ education. Individualized Education Plan, more commonly known as IEP, defines the individualized objective of a child who has been found with a disability. An IEP is designed to help students reach educational goals with the help teachers and others. An IEP itself describes how the student learns, what teachers and others should do to help the student become successful in learning the material. Goals and objectives are set for both the long term and short term in the IEP (Kamens). According to research by Palastra, an organization for the disable, students with disabilities who are placed in a regular education classroom have improved in standardized test scores, IEP goals and objectives, reading performances and grades (-------). An inclusive setting can enhance an educational program, and enrich the children with a beneficial way of learning.