Public education advocates have long worried and complained that the school choice movement will make public school campuses largely places where only those lacking in the resources to attend better schools will be educated. Recent statistics seem to be supporting this argument. In an Associated Press piece today, Christina Hoag reported on how the proportion of special needs children in public schools is increasing. This is happening not because of increased identification of special needs children but rather because other students are increasingly opting “for alternatives that aren’t readily open to those requiring special education.” Read the rest of the article here. To learn more about how charter schools are difficult to get into for special education students, click here.