Originally Posted by acs
Many districts in our state stuggle with meeting the needs of children with physical and developmental disabilites. Many are not able to provide the level of services that are recommended/needed for those children. This is especially the case for children in rural districts where therapists may have to travel several hours to get to the school for one child.

Yes, that's true. But at least there's an infrastructure for them. They have certain rights in the system that GT and other kids don't have. This is what I don't like.

Spending on special education is also way out of proportion, too (check here) . Look at table 3. Spending on special ed. is out of proportion to student numbers. Spending on gifted ed. isn't even mentioned in the paper but is very, very low in comparison.

Val