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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We need less "least restrictive environment" and back to separate classes and more of them. 27 kids in class is nuts. With 15 there is less sickness exposure and more time for material over transitions. Disruptive (truly disruptive kids who are violent) students need more care, separate classrooms etc etc. but that is all astronomical $$ and no state/county has funds for that. My diligent DD would do a lot better without the 2 kids who wander around class all day, interrupt everyone and one gets violent and throws objects. How can anyone learn in that environment. [/quote]

Do schools employ full inclusion models because evidence shows that kids who have learning differences have better outcomes when they learn alongside their peers? Or do school systems no longer have the funding for separate classrooms or both?

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They employ them because it is the law to put students on the Least Restrictive Environment.

Even if LRE wasn’t the law, there would not be sufficient funding for standalone classrooms unless profoundly disabled students were completely excluded from public education, as they were before the 80s/90s.

I live in a school district where special education funding makes up almost 25% of the budget and they have phased out high-cap programs. Buildings are aging and levies barely pass, and don’t pass in surrounding districts. Yes, there isn’t funding to serve anyone but the legal stuff is the first constraint.

PS I think all children deserve an inclusive public education that meets their needs but I don’t think anyone wants to fund it.[/quote]

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