Corey Turner

No.

It's a very different story.

Private schools, by law, have lots of say over who they accept.

So they can turn away a child for whatever.

poor grades or, say, a history of misbehavior.

They can also say no to kids with disabilities by saying, look, we don't have the resources to give you what you need, which may be true, but it also means for those students, it's the schools doing the choosing.

I asked Chris McCarville about this.

Oftentimes for us, what it comes down to is, can we serve your child adequately?

And sometimes, unfortunately, the answer is no.

McCarvel told me he has been trying to make Xavier more welcoming for kids with disabilities, but that special education can be incredibly expensive, which helps explain why, Aisha.

Again, the data.

The share of kids with a special education plan known as an IEP is more than four times higher in the public schools than it is in Xavier's schools.

Well, I want to take you to Cleveland Elementary now.

Let's see if this is open.

So this is the moment we played earlier, Aisha.

That's Principal Condra Allred.

She's showing me the school's old library.

It's now subdivided into smaller areas by these metal shelves.

And in one of these spots, a student with autism is walking in a circle with an adult enjoying a sensory break.

There it is.