Issue 20

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Toothless Review

The government's long-awaited SEND support review rings hollow to families battling a brutal, failing system. Vague proposals emphasizing mediation over accountability leave experts cold with combined scores averaging just 2-5 out of 10. Woolly language contradicts personalization principles vital to distinctive needs. This top-down document reads as more brick wall than window to reform.

The education committee head roasted the Department for Education for losing community trust, likelihood of realizing intentions "low". Can leaders responsible for years of suffering sincerely transform landscapes without confronting root dysfunction? Cynical parents predict yet another wolf masked as sheep, all teeth ready to bite already bleeding hands fighting for basic rights.

Spotlights Illuminating Inadequacies

Yet even party loyalists recognize festering crises addressed by gutsier policy could ease everyday nightmares. One minister suggests linking school quality ratings to SEND provisions stopping reactive exclusions. Also proposed - empowering watchdogs investigating council callousness proactively, conferred authority lacking now. A third asks whether dictated support cookie-cutter checklists suffocate bespoke solutions for complex children. These questions pierce cultural denial.

Another interrogates near absent accountability allowing authorities skirting duties through obfuscation and delays - saving money but forcing families onto streets seeking justice. He concludes only valid law enforcement and funding, not more hollow texts, will transform traumatic landscapes. This truth touches the deepest wounds. Will others carry torches ahead through darkness or abandon suffering ones lost to more politically convenient pursuits? The people left behind watch closely with bated breath.

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