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We Want to Go to School!: The Fight for Disability Rights

by Maryann Cocca-Leffler

A landmark case for inclusive schooling

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Awards & Recognition

  • Editorial selection

    A Junior Library Guild Selection (February 2022)

    Selected by the Junior Library Guild in February 2022.

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A landmark case for inclusive schooling

Maryann Cocca-Leffler’s nonfiction book introduces the 1971 Mills v. Board of Education case through the story of seven children and their families who challenged the exclusion of children with disabilities from public schools. The account connects their court fight to laws addressing access to a free, appropriate public education, and is told in the voice of Janine Leffler, a child whose schooling was made possible by those laws. The book places disability rights within the history of public education and presents one legal case as part of the effort to make schools more inclusive.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children ages 4–8 learning about disability rights and education
  • Families or educators introducing young children to the history of inclusive public schools
  • Readers interested in child-focused nonfiction about a legal case

Themes

Disability rightsInclusive educationEqual access to public schoolChildren and families advocating for changeEducation law

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Book overview

A Junior Library Guild Selection February 2022

The true story of the people who helped make every public school a more inclusive place.

There was a time in the United States when millions of children with disabilities weren't allowed to go to public school. But in 1971, seven kids and their families wanted to do something about it. They knew that every child had a right to an equal education, so they went to court to fight for that right. The case Mills v. Board of Education of the District of Columbia led to laws ensuring children with disabilities would receive a free, appropriate public education. Told in the voice of Janine Leffler, one of the millions of kids who went to school because of these laws, this book shares the true story of this landmark case.

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