Lots of reasons. One big one is that schools have to take and keep every kid.
We could make them better by requiring certain standards of behavior.
From the trenches.
I agree....lots of reasons.
For example: We have students who live several miles from our district and yet we are required by federal law (McKinney-Vento) to pay for a taxi cab to deliver and return them daily to their home. They lost their home in the district so moved in with a relative. The law gives them the right to demand a ride to our school though there are some in their new neighborhood.
We had a handicapped student whose parents demanded a lift that would take their son up and down a stairwell (old building). The basement was a locker room and small gym. He was too disabled to use either and only rode it once. Thousands of dollars. “Special Education” is incredibly expensive. Private schools aren’t required to have it.
I have students who are “shadowed” by a single adult as they move through the day.
Only the beginning. I could go on and on. Government mandates in all areas have impacted schools greatly.
In addition, schools should not reward poor behavior as that does not only encourage ill-behavior but penalizes good behavior.
The student receiving the greatest of our resources is the EBD (emotional/behavior disorder) student who is also ESL (English as a second language) qualified. Guess who this student is!
Do other countries think that to solve a problem, you just throw more money at it? Problem solved.
And NEA.