Comments on: A flawed IDEA https://www.overlawyered.com/2014/02/flawed-idea/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 11 Feb 2014 22:38:29 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jack Wilson https://www.overlawyered.com/2014/02/flawed-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-268121 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 22:38:29 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=43874#comment-268121 Every child has special needs. The only way to acccomodate all of them is to have parents select and pay for schools that support their particular needs.

]]> By: Anonymous Attorney https://www.overlawyered.com/2014/02/flawed-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-267933 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 17:51:51 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=43874#comment-267933 “America’s special ed system is not just unwise, or inefficient, or absurdist. It is immoral. It is immoral not in its broad goals, but in its implementation. It is immoral to give disabled students a Rolls-Royce budget and give all other students what’s left over. It is immoral to treat grieving parents as bureaucratic boxes on a checklist.”

Howard nails it. That God SOMEONE out there gets this. Unfortunately, it’s just too subtle an issue for people to get riled up over, and the “special ed” lobby drips tears all over the place, so the common good must die.

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