JoeB131
Diamond Member
Wow, another dose of fail trying to rationalize itself.
Have special classes for them where they aren't holding everyone else back. Or dare I say it, privatize the school system and let schools specialize in that kind of case.
Here's the thing. Corky is never going to go to college, he's never going to have anything other than a menial job. Yet we will spend twice as much on him as we spend on a kid who has a shot at going to college. The following report is 20 years old, but it shows the problem.
The average expenditure per pupil for students with disabilities (excluding homebound students) was $12,525 compared with $6,556 for the typical regular education student who receives no special education services. The average spending ratio for this group of special education students is 1.91
chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.air.org/sites/default/files/SEEP5-Total-Expenditures.pdf
Well, I could point out New York's notorious Rubber Rooms, where teachers who SHOULD have been fired couldn't be because the unions dragged out their cases for years.
gothamist.com
WHere did I say I hate equity training?
Never mind.
Point is, we have an economic divide in this country, which is why the schools in Evanston are so much better than the schools in Englewood. (If you're from Chicago, you know exactly what I am on about.)
20% of High School Graduates can't read their diplomas... that's a pretty crappy standard you have there.
www.npr.org
Have special classes for them where they aren't holding everyone else back. Or dare I say it, privatize the school system and let schools specialize in that kind of case.
Here's the thing. Corky is never going to go to college, he's never going to have anything other than a menial job. Yet we will spend twice as much on him as we spend on a kid who has a shot at going to college. The following report is 20 years old, but it shows the problem.
The average expenditure per pupil for students with disabilities (excluding homebound students) was $12,525 compared with $6,556 for the typical regular education student who receives no special education services. The average spending ratio for this group of special education students is 1.91
chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.air.org/sites/default/files/SEEP5-Total-Expenditures.pdf
Well, I could point out New York's notorious Rubber Rooms, where teachers who SHOULD have been fired couldn't be because the unions dragged out their cases for years.
NYC Says It Will End Absent Teacher Reserve Formerly Known As "Rubber Rooms"
The move may close the chapter on the city’s infamous Rubber Rooms.
gothamist.com
WHere did I say I hate equity training?
Never mind.
Point is, we have an economic divide in this country, which is why the schools in Evanston are so much better than the schools in Englewood. (If you're from Chicago, you know exactly what I am on about.)
20% of High School Graduates can't read their diplomas... that's a pretty crappy standard you have there.
Years Of Schooling Leaves Some Students Illiterate
Author Beth Fertig says that as many as 20 percent of American adults may be functionally illiterate. They may recognize letters and words, but can't read directions on a bus sign or a medicine bottle, read or write a letter, or hold most any job. Her new book, Why cant U teach me 2 read...
www.npr.org
