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Article: For-Profit Charter Schools and Students with Disabilities: The Sordid Side of the Business of Schooling.(for-profit schools shun disabled students according to research)
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- Phi Delta Kappan
- Article date:
- December 1, 1998
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As they strive to make money and fulfill their promise to improve educational outcomes, for-profit charter schools in Massachusetts often ignore special education law and treat students with complicated disabilities as financial liabilities, the authors charge.
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