The in box. Anthony Cody on Special Ed class size.

Fred,

If our entire rationale for school reform, as articulated by President Obama in his recent State of the Union speech, is economic competitiveness, where does class size for special ed students fit in? If they are not going to attend college and become scientists or technicians, we do not need to worry about them at all, based on this set of values. I am afraid the recent Simpsons cartoon may be prophetic. At the Ayn Rand preschool, the gifted students get art, music and books, while the rest are dumped in a “nothing special” classroom.

– Anthony Cody