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"...there are plenty of parents that are more than willing, especially since there are goodies attached in many cases."

That's the assumption I have a quibble with...are there really a whole lotta parents out there who don't want their kids to have all the opportunities that life offers?! One thing that I believe unites US all is our desire to see our kids live happy and fulfilling lives, and knowingly allowing YER child to be put on a SpecialEd track just so yer child's school can afford a few more non-teaching teaching consultants ain't something ANY PARENT should knowingly allow happen.

FReegards...MUD

BTW...yer right about the slims...LOL!!

Mrs. Slim is an Educational Diagnostician (administers tests that aid in Special Ed placement) and she has to deal with many parents who are so fixated on handouts of any kind, that they push for special services for their kids, even where unwarranted. We're seeing second and third generation special ed families.

True, these families are in the minority, but there's lots more of them than we'd like to see. And, in the interest of keeping the school administration and "advocacy" groups quiet, many teachers, principals, etc... go along with it.

Mrs. Slim is very glad she's retiring next year, she's had enough. After 25 years in Special Ed she's seen it go from being relatively benign to a self-perpetuating monster in many ways.