This short policy guide to the book, Unique Schools Serving Unique Students: Charter Schools and Children with Special Needs (Robin Lake, editor), summarizes the findings from case studies and parent surveys. The brief identifies policy, research, and investment opportunities needed to confront the challenges charter schools and parents of special needs students face.
Buried Treasure: Unique Schools Serving Unique Students
As the charter movement grew, so did concern that charter schools would become boutique schools for affluent families. By 2010, that concern had been dispelled—half...