Inclusion is a much-debated topic and this is particularly true in the elementary school environment. This is evidenced in a report entitled: "Teacher's Attitudes Toward Inclusion: Survey Results from Elementary School Teachers in Three Southwestern Rural School Districts" reported in the Rural Education Quarterly Spring Issue 2003 by Hammon and Ingalls. This work reports the benefits identified by those who support inclusion as well as the reasons that inclusion have not bee supported. There are many benefits and as well, there are many drawbacks to inclusion in the elementary school setting as evidenced in the work of Hammon and Ingalls (2003). This work seeks to discover precisely what the pros and cons to inclusion in the elementary classroom are and to present those findings in the review of four separate report reviews in the sections to follow on the pros and cons of inclusion in the elementary school setting. For this purpose, the following articles have been chosen for review in presenting the pros and cons of inclusion in elementary classrooms:
             (1) Russell Johnston: "Toward Refined Instruction Through Inclusion: Evaluation of an Elementary School Inclusion Program. Boston College. (2004)
             (2) Harries, Kim (1997) Mainstreaming – Instructional Strategies and Reflective Practices. 19 Dec 1997.
             (3) Scott, Caitlin (2002) Two Parents: Two Points of View: The Pros and Cons of Inclusion.
             (4) A Special Approach to Inclusion (nd) New Comenius Project – Inclusion Research Project. Sint-Lodewijkscholen.
             The work of Johnston (2004) entitled: "Toward Refined Instruction through Inclusion: Evaluation of an Elementary Inclusion Program" writes that the field of special education "over the past 20 years...has engaged in a fiercely contested debate about the appropriateness of including students with disabilities in regular education classrooms." (2004) This study is stated to...