I have no idea what the solution is, but when there are 5-10 kids in each grade in a busy school that have little to no chance at ever learning at the same level as the rest of the class, there's a systemic issue that needs to be addressed.
My kids have had an EA in their class full time and it doesn't help. There are still tantrums that require evacuation (although not as often as 30 times in two months thankfully). There are kids on the playground intentionally hurting other kids, and nothing is done about it. There are kids that don't know the language who are just mixed in with everyone else and expected to learn at the same rate.
What ends up happening in my experience is the 5-10 kids in these classes take up 90% of the teacher's time, and the other 20 get no attention even though they need some. I agree that class sizes and more EAs will help, but some of the kids that have no chance of ever catching up just need to be separated into a different class/school so that they can get some education, but not disrupt the education of the other 20-30 kids.
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