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UFT: Charters Shunning Many High-Needs Pupils

By DAN ROSENBLUM
Posted 2/1/16

Saying that charter schools fail to enroll a fair share of non-English-speakers, students with disabilities and other high-needs kids, the United Federation of Teachers pledged to push state legislators to pass a law holding the schools accountable.

But even as the union issued a Jan. 25 report that found sizable differences in the numbers of special-needs students the schools serve, pro-charter advocates questioned the methodology and relevance of the UFT’s data.

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