Anti-municipal broadband budget amendment gets nixed in New York

Re:Anti-municipal broadband budget amendment gets nixed in N... by rayiner on Monday April 22, 2024 @09:33PM (#40127528)

> US schools mainline special needs children in regular schools because it leads to better educational outcomes and societal integration in the long run, whereas Japan usually separates most of these children into separate schools

If it delivers much worse results at much higher costs for everyone else, that seems like a terrible trade off.

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Re:Anti-municipal broadband budget amendment gets nixed in N... by bobthepanda on Tuesday April 23, 2024 @01:48AM (#40128900)

this depends on if you think that the school system is more expensive than basically running an institutionalized welfare state for special needs people. The US dismantled these systems and then proceeded to enshrine these rights in the ADA.

Given that the US can barely handle the meager social security of those with work disability, it's hard to imagine that we could afford widespread, more expensive specialized institutions. And Japan is not exactly doing hot with spending given that they run a 263% debt to GDP ratio.

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Re:Anti-municipal broadband budget amendment gets nixed in N... by rayiner on Tuesday April 23, 2024 @10:01AM (#40132091)

Does japan run an institutionalized welfare system for special needs people? I don’t believe that’s the case.

Japan has a different set of problems, but delivering efficient and cost effective, high quality education is something they get right. And insofar as special needs people are evenly distributed among various countries populations, we should be able to learn from what they do.

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