Chicago Public Schools, one of the biggest districts in the nation, has an enormous department for special ed (Office of Diverse Learner Supports and Services).

Chicago Public Schools, one of the biggest districts in the nation, has an enormous department for special ed (Office of Diverse Learner Supports and Services). They are utterly incompetent. They have been sued again and again. They are staffed by arrogant, pompous bureaucrats lording over their little fiefdoms. They are bound to their rule books and could not care less about whether the rules apply to an individual student. They are so incompetent, and have been sued so many times, that they are currently under the supervision of the state board of ed pursuant to a consent decree. It's likely that I will have them in court in the coming year. Big buys you nothing. A single teacher who knows what they're doing can make all the difference. More bureaucrats add nothing.