You are referring to a case history...one child. Additionally, one child that required no services, according to your claims. This is not the case with the majority. One student, such as the one you referenced, is not sufficient change the numbers for the majority. The majority of students in the mainstream who use a CI require additional accommodation and services.
I think this falls into the category of "shoot first, ask questions later" or in your case, "respond first, read later"
What part of "Even after factoring in the costs of services for my child...." do you not understand? If you are going to make up things I said, at least make a superficial attempt to be accurate.
How can you possibly know what constitutes the majority in this situation?* How can you possibly know if the costs of the accommodations and services being provided to children with cochlear implants in the mainstream is usually more than the cost per student of the School for the Deaf in their area? Have you calculated the per student costs of every School for the Deaf nationwide and then compared it against the costs of accommodations and services being provided to each and every mainstreamed cochlear implanted child in this country?
Most important of all, how can you possibly know what is the best academic setting for each and every child?
No wait, that's right, you have a study that proves you are right, that you have previously provided... And it goes round and round again.
In our case, the School for the Deaf in our area is very costly to operate and with declining enrollment, it was driving up the per pupil costs so that even after factoring the costs of my child's accommodations and services (note I said she was receiving them), the per year difference was in excess of $30,000.00. In our case, the mainstream was the most appropriate setting for her, academically and socially but that is all it is: our case.
Bottom-line, for some deaf children, a School for the Deaf may be the appropriate academic setting and for others it may be a mainstream setting. Hopefully a child is being placed in the most appropriate setting for THAT child and not the least expensive.
Rick
Their language is English. Actually she was referring to notetaking/cart/ and even my LD teacher. She acted like a third person for me in case any miscommunication happened.