The Difficulties of Teaching Deaf students in a public high school

A teacher for Deaf and hard-of-hearing students at a public high school in North Carolina says she is "a great teacher before lunch but a mediocre one later in the day."

image from Lauren Barrett

Lauren Barrett writes:

My students, most of whom are in general education classes the rest of the day, can finally be themselves with peers and teachers who know sign language and understand their Deafness when they step into my classroom. I encourage them to be loud, ask questions, lead discussions, and make mistakes.

But Barrett says she, and other teachers, are "quite literally find ourselves collapsing under the weight of all our work."

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