Aug 14, 2017, Toronto Star: School fundraising report says amounts raised far outpace that of government grants for needy areas https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2017/08/14/school-fundraising-report-says-amounts-raised-far-outpace-that-of-grants-for-needy-areas.html
Despite changes to special education funding, some boards continue to spend millions more than they receive to deliver programming. ...
“Boards are struggling every year to balance their budgets; they are struggling to get enough resources and enough money into special education programming to support students with special needs.
“And even with changes that the Liberals put in most recently, even under that, there are still boards that lost out on millions of dollars.”
Teachers have been warning about this “for a number of years now,” Hammond added.
“There’s been a consistent decline in the supports and resources with regards to special education programs at the same time as we see increases in the numbers of students requiring those levels of support.
Childhood Lost
Children today are noticeably different from previous generations, and the proof is in the news coverage we see every day. This site shows you what’s happening in schools around the world. Children are increasingly disabled and chronically ill, and the education system has to accommodate them. Things we've long associated with autism, like sensory issues, repetitive behaviors, anxiety and lack of social skills, are now problems affecting mainstream students. Blame is predictably placed on bad parenting (otherwise known as trauma from home).
Addressing mental health needs is as important as academics for modern educators. This is an unrecognized disaster. The stories here are about children who can’t learn or behave like children have always been expected to. What childhood has become is a chilling portent for the future of mankind.