My Other Children

About the Book

Jo's first assignment included the title of a New England's High School Special Education Teacher of Basic Math and Basic English Skills and also Resource Support Teacher to assist students with their basic subject classes, not considered, "Special Education." Jo's college special education dept. professors lectures were about how identified labeled students experiences were reminder of her pre-college days life in the segregated south and being prevented much interaction. She was determined not to become her students, "baby sitter" as how their records described their earlier school experiences replacing their academic needs according to basic skills diagnostic testing results. "Special" Jo found her students, but not to mean "different. " She had four children at home and would say, " My students are just as special to me."

About the Author

Eva Jo (Saddler) Johnson is a retired educator who focused on special education and alternative educational programs in Connecticut. She was active for many years with the National Urban League and kept journals about her experiences with many of her students. She received numerous awards for her activism in education, community service, and human rights. She lives in her hometown of Chattanooga, Tennessee. She has three children and two grandsons.