The IDEA and Charter Schools

     What are charter schools?      Many parents, hoping to increase school accountability and improve school services for their children, are turning to charter schools. Public charter schools are public schools that are created by an agreement (charter) between the group founding the school and an authorizing agency, like a county or state school board. The authorizing agency  must have the legal authority [...]

For Some Families There’s No Place Like Home: The IDEA and Home Schooling

All fifty states have laws allowing parents to home school their children. Under the IDEA special education includes specially designed instruction in the home when that home based instruction is necessary to educate the child with a disability. Some families, however, prefer to educate their children at home because they prefer home schooling rather than public school. Similarly, some families prefer private school [...]