Ask a Libertarian 2012 with Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch: How Would School Choice Work With Special Needs Kids?

Welcome to Ask a Libertarian 2012 with Reason's Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch. They are the authors of the book, The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What's Wrong With America, coming out in paperback with a new foreword covering Occupy Wall Street and more, on June 26.

In this video, they answer the question:

"How would school choice work with special needs kids?" - sent via email by Todd Welch

Produced by Meredith Bragg, Jim Epstein, Josh Swain, and Tracy Oppenheimer with help from Katie Hooks.

To watch answers from 2011's Ask a Libertarian series, go here.

Comments

[Fist of Etiquette]

Removing government regulation of oven design, could Jesus microwave a burrito so hot that He Himself could not eat it?

[GILMORE]

How Would School Choice Work With Special Needs Kids?

Libertarian = "Natural selection! Weed out the infirm!!"

[Zombie Jimbo]

Well my sister could sure use the 7000/year paid in property tax to get my autistic nephew help he could use instead of warehousing him in with all the other students, which harms both him and the rest of the class.

As in most cases, most change that one could propose to the public education system can only make it better.

[Brandybuck]

My older brother had down's syndrome, and went to an affordable private school. The school existed until the state education monopoly declared that such students needed to be "mainstreamed".

[themoralfelon]

"...the degree of specialization is limited by the extent of the market." Schools that cater to special needs students whose increased costs are covered by philanthropic groups sounds good on paper, and may work in large population centers, but probably wouldn't be effective in areas that couldn't support the schools.

[Steve Premo]

Nick's wearing a Grateful Dead shirt! Way to go, Nick!