>>8226151As someone who taught in public school special education for three years I will explain it in one word: money.
Public schools are already fairly underfunded for what is expected and holding a kid back costs thousands per year. You also deal with the fact that 80% of the time if a kid IS held back his parents (especially if he has an IEP) are going to take this to court because clearly it's not that the kid refuses to work or make an ounce of effort that has caused this, no, it is you the teacher who has specifically targeted poor little Timmy and neglected to get him the proper help despite accommodating everything on his IEP.
That is even more money gone by dealing with any litigation issues mummy wants to file over Timmy not getting all of his GBP.
The kids that are a major issue are well aware of the legal situation-"you can't make me do anything or mommy gets you in trouble."
Public schools have to provide accommodations for everyone unless you can prove they are really a danger to themselves or others. So you may have 40 kids on an IEP that require one-on-one tutoring but you have three teachers qualified to do so.
As shit as it sounds at the end of the day you work for the kids who want to learn and help them become something more than circumstances have given them and just push on those that refuse to do anything. Because if you don't your job, the school, the district and all the other students may pay for it.
tl;dr their parents failed them and attack the system if we do our jobs correctly.
