Public-Private Partnerships in Special and At-Risk-Education Claypool, Mark K. creator author McLaughlin, John M. author text Electronic books. xx 2015 monographic eng 1 online resource (144 pages) We’re In This Together: Public-Private Partnerships in Special and At-Risk-Education is a timely book that explores the use by public schools of private education companies to meet the needs of some of the nation’s most challenged and challenging students. The book examines variations of use by states as well as the cultural attitudes toward the private sector to address these core functions of public schooling. The book offers grounded and thought provoking perspectives on: the legal framework of PL94-142 and its successor IDEA; the disconnect between the needs of young children with autism and public school special education services; and the significant size of the at-risk population and the shortcomings of efforts to serve those students. Written as qualitative research in the form of ethnographic participant observation, key sources in the literature are cited and four dozen knowledgeable people in positions of significant authority are interviewed on the interface of public education and the private sector in special and at-risk education. A foreword is provided by Barbara Byrd Bennett, CEO of the Chicago Public Schools. 1 Today's Public Schools -- 2 Public-Private Partnerships -- 3 Profiles of Private Partners -- 4 Partnering for Students with Special Needs -- 5 Young Children with Autism -- 6 Serving At-Risk Students -- 7 A Trail to the Future -- Contributor Index -- About the Authors. Mark K. Claypool and John M. McLaughlin. Includes index. Children with disabilities -- Education -- United States Public schools -- United States Public-private sector cooperation -- United States LC4031 .C595 2015 371.90973 Claypool, Mark K. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,c2015 9781475814491 https://login.ezproxy.pucpr.edu/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pucpr-ebooks/detail.action?docID=2060525 https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pucpr-ebooks/detail.action?docID=2060525 https://login.ezproxy.pucpr.edu/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pucpr-ebooks/detail.action?docID=2060525 https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pucpr-ebooks/detail.action?docID=2060525 MiAaPQ 211129 20221013182050.0 EBC2060525 eng