Rant on Val... rant on.
Me nodding my head to your soapbox speech. The only thing I don't know if I agree with is the disabled comment but I haven't done any research on it to disprove it. I will say that the hot topic today is Autism and locally I have seen many reports of what the public schools in the area are doing to help Autism which aligns with your argument. A big chunk of money is being allotted to this cause which means more teachers to student ratio and more square footage for specialized rooms. Again ... aligning to your argument. But I don't know if I would lump that into why our systems are failing just need to even the field and give all children the right to succeed.