Finally, the system has just recently begun to track graduates of special education systems. In the next few years we should begin seeing reports on the post school success of these graduates. They suggest that promoting the good of the individual openly serves the good of society as a whole. They assert that we have to permit people to demonstrate their talents. Opportunity means being open to as many possibilities as possible for each and every student, and not closing any doors.
Opportunity means giving everyone a chance to show their potential.
The special talents of individuals are the valuable common property of society. Thus the point of equal opportunity in schooling is to provide an education that will develop everyone's individual talents. They caution that in labeling children, the children tend to live up to our expectations. These assertions seem most in line with an interpretivist perspective. These views seem consistent with the positioning of advocates for special education.