Yes. If there are more deaf kids then those people who would make better for deaf kids' needs in school such as improving the academic systems and go on but they didn't. Guess thanks to the oral program that government ( states) are too focusing on it mroe than ASL program. =?
I was born deaf, and rely on ASL all my life. I admit that schools where I grew up, didn't have good academic system. I could have done better such as i could have work harder on writing skill but i wasn't. It was a long story. 