My son has been attending a progressive school based on the lab school in Chicago for the past two years. Its great in all the ways and for the reasons listed i

My son has been attending a progressive school based on the lab school in Chicago for the past two years. Its great in all the ways and for the reasons listed in this article, but there is one major issue we've run into. Progressive schools also attract a large number of children with behavioral problems that have been forced out of all other schools. Most progressive schools are tolerant to a fault and don't have the budget or people-power to plan and prepare for these students. They need their own IEPs and in many cases a para-professional in the classroom with them but their parents are often LOATHE to cover the cost. TL;DR progressive schools can be tolerant to a fault. Your kid will get hit and screamed at and if they are more academic they will complain to you constantly that their classroom is chaos.