[SauronOfMordor]

Private schools only work because they have no Special ED populations and can brag about test scores when they refuse to aadmit students under 120 IQ.

You're half right. Any school will work, IF they have the ability to eliminate those students who are disruptive and make it impossible for the rest of the class to learn.

[netmilsmom]

>>Private schools only work because they have no Special ED populations and can brag about test scores when they refuse to aadmit students under 120 IQ.

You're half right. Any school will work, IF they have the ability to eliminate those students who are disruptive and make it impossible for the rest of the class to learn.<<

You are correct to a point. In district schools, children with special needs are thrown to "special schools". In charters they are worked with, sometimes by a teacher, sometimes by another student who wants to volunteer. Our parents are great volunteers as well.
In Michigan, we cannot by law turn away any student. It is a lottery system. If my neighbor, who has a daughter with Angelman's syndrome (5 years old and does not walk or talk), puts her child into the lottery, we cannot turn them down. My daughter's class had 5 boys on Ritalin, one with CP and one girls with neurological problems the parents were fighting to diagnose. Tell me again we turned away the problems! My daughter ended up rating a 99% on the TerraNova tests and next year will be pushed to second grade reading and math.
Not all charters are as good as ours, but competition is a good thing!

[jackd]

You REALLY miss the point here!!! Special Ed students that are below 120 IQ cannot get into private schools. It has nothing to do with behavior.