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Contends that research indicates special needs students benefit from school choice. It is noted that opponents of school choice argue that, in the framework of such programs, special education students would be left behind in public schools while other students attend private schools. Evidence is cited to refute this assertion. Almost all parents in New Zealand support that country's school choice system after new laws were passed that prohibit government-funded schools from discriminating against learning-disabled children, & provide supplemental funding to schools for each learning disabled child they educate. Advocates for special education students have applauded the Netherlands' policies enabling the parents of these students to place their children in either a special or a mainstream school. In Denmark, which has a long history of allowing parents to use public funding for tuition at any school, only 0.7% of special education students attend specialized institutions. A study of various countries with school choice programs does not indicate that such programs undermine public schools, or that only wealthy children attend private schools. Evidence is presented suggesting that special education students also learn more effectively in the framework of school choice programs. H. Ramer