How Can Parents Tell Whether a School Can Really Serve Their Special-Needs Child? These 7 Principles Can Help
September 17, 2018
By: Beth Hawkins
Source: The 74
Four years ago, a group of education and civil rights advocates set out to change the conversation about charter schools and whether they appropriately serve children with disabilities. What if, instead of arguing over which types of schools deliver adequate special education services, advocates, educators, and families determined what high quality looks like for students with disabilities and then pushed all schools to improve their services?
Now, under the umbrella of the National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools’ Equity Coalition, 21 organizations dedicated to public education and disability advocacy have released a document, “Principles of Equitable Schools,” that they hope the charter school sector will use to create innovative special education strategies.