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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]23:39, I'm not the one you were responding to but special ed IS seriously messed up in DC. That's why the district has been used so many times, why so many SN kids are in private placement, which has been necessary since DCPS failed to meet IDEA legal requirements. And that drives up the average cost of education mentioned upthread but doesn't provide additional $ to general ed kids. And now DCPS is fighting private placements left and right but still not providing legally required services.

So yes it's a huge problem.

- mother of student with special needs[/quote]

Maybe I misunderstood the question.  I thought the original question was about biggest challenges to improving schools overall and raising student success.  I totally agree that DCPS has some Special Ed problems and that services to Special Needs students aren't what they need to be.  And I fully agree that that should be corrected.

But I would not agree that that is what overall is holding DCPS from competing for students with charters, or what is holding back overall student success the most.  That's the question I was answering, but if the original question is more general, i.e. "What are challenges overall for DCPS" then I see your point.

I thought the original question was about what is holding DCPS back from being, all over DC, schools that everyone wants to send their kids to.  I can see the SN issue as a major issue for many, but it's not the reason most people don't want their kids to attend their neighborhood school.[/quote]

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