| mesoteto said: 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” |
Not to come across heartless, but why do we care more about the special ed kids then the kids that can excel?
It does not take more money to educate a special needs child. If someone had 100 grand a year to teach an advanced student, they could spend it all, and get a better education then if they had 20k.
There is this strange education level that people think kids should be educated to. Yes, it cost a lot less to get a 5th grader with 150 IQ to that pre conceived level then one who has an IQ of 80, but why only educate the 150 IQ person to that level?
I claim it cost a lot more money to challenge a smart kid, then it does a less intelligent one.
If schools were privatized, I think we would have far better education for the masses, and the super intelligent, then we have now. Not just better education for the disadvantaged.
All kids deserve the same money from government to be taught.
Now to “That Guy”, I think that amount from the Federal government should be zero, but that's another argument ;)
