“Then there would be special education schools that focus entirely on the needs of their kids, as it'd be a very special, niche market without much competition. The free market dictates as long as there is a demand, there'll be some way to find a supply. Since special education students need more, the govt would (obviously) need to pay more for them, thus it would be very profitable to teach such students = more money for the special ed school”
That is not what he is proposing---he is saying here is 20k k paper for you to give to the school that teaches your child—that’s the only government money they get
Now if in that school district you have 4000 students and of them only 275 are special needs and your district is over 4000 square miles how can you support those children with that system?
b/c all private schools severely limit the amount of special need students that they let in b/c it will reflect on the test scores and the over all standing of the school
b/c the sad truth is more parents would care about getting x student into x school b/c it looks better then they would about weather the other children get a chance at an equal education
and those numbers only get worse as you move towards intercity schools
“The problem is that the government is mandating a be-all-end-all solution for both normal kids, troubled kids, and special kids”
You nailed it on the mark there
In my wife’s school district due to no child left behind they are not allowed to hold a student back unless the parents consent (even if they are at a third grade reading level going into the 5th grade) and they punish the teachers b/c that student is not at grade level
They figure b/c student x that has a great gene stock, wonderful home life, loving and caring parents, and the family network to increase education drive every student should be able to be like them
Regardless of the fact that some student have no home life, have to worry about the next meal, have no family support, and sometime don’t even have a home to go to….
But according to the government and many ill informed adults that shouldn’t effect the kid, it must be the teachers fault for that
