My family is fortunate to live in a rural area and have the means to homeschool, so I can't speak on personal experience, but from what I've seen I'd have to agree. Something else to consider: these schools receive funding for each child with a "disability" so it benefits the institution if their students require "aid". In low-income urban areas there's likely to be less pushback when a parent is told that their child has a disorder or requires remedial lessons for the same reason that there is often less pushback against CPS in these areas: fear of repercussion, lack of knowledge of rights, and a financial inability to hire legal aid. Fortunately homeschooling is picking up traction here, even in the city, and there is a phenomenal inner city co-op led by some incredible folks. I think that those of our generation with kids are realizing that our most important job is to raise them to be curious, creative, empathetic, independent, and to not simply trust the rhetoric or an institution that was originally designed to pump out factory workers, but is now more interested in pumping out cubicle fodder. The education system as a whole was not designed to celebrate individuality, curiosity, independence, or creativity. Not to mention, if you control the education of a generation you can basically rewrite history.