As Sahm notes, studies by Marcus Winters have shown that there are complicated reasons why charter schools are listed as serving fewer students with
disabilities than regular schools are.
Not exact matches
Every student with a specific learning
disability, for example, spends more
than 40 percent of the
school day away from
regular classroom activities.
Students with
disabilities are less likely to apply to charter
schools in kindergarten
than are
regular enrollment students.
Because charter
schools work «without a district - like infrastructure, and often with less public money
than regular district - run
schools,» they struggle to meet the needs of students with severe
disabilities, who represent a substantial financial investment (Prothero 2014).