Can we be honest now about the war on public education?

[liberal_at_heart]

24. exactly it is the lack of funds that Obama needs to address

He speaks of investing in science and math teachers. That is great. We need funding for all of our teachers. Also, it is not just the teachers. The public school districts themselves are too inflexible. My son who was at a 3rd grade math level in 5th grade moved to the 6th grade, we were told that it was district policy that all 6th graders take 6th grade math. Well you can imagine what that did to my son's grades. He is in 8th grade now and still has a D average in math. When he struggled in 6th grade we asked if he could be moved to a special ed program that offered more support. We were told his IQ was too high and were told no. Now, that he is about to move into high school I have been informed that the district is more flexible at the high school level. They will change how they grade him and they will have more flexibility in which classes he can go to. My question is why did they make him feel inferior for 3 yrs by putting him in classes he did not belong in. We need more flexibility in our schools.