Starpoint School, the TCU College of Education lab school serving children with learning differences, was featured on the front page of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram in a profile highlighting the school’s approach to meeting students’ unique needs.
Jan Lacina, interim director of TCU’s lab schools, spoke on the effectiveness of early intervention, structured literacy and small class sizes, as well as the sense of community among students and the dedication of teachers.
“It is the early intervention, the structured literacy program, (and) small classes,
but it’s the loving care of the teachers that work with all of these children and
the level of support they receive. Sometimes children can be lost in a really big
school, where in this school, their needs are met because they’re receiving such small
group intervention and just an overall community,” Lacina said.
This was emphasized by Yancy Diaz, a parent of a Starpoint student whose attitude toward education was transformed by his time at the lab school. Audrey Sorrells, director of the Alice Neeley Special Education Research and Service (ANSERS) Institute, also spoke to the limitations of applying similar techniques in larger institutions.
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