For years, Idaho quietly denied thousands of children the special education services that parents said they deserved, until a group of determined mothers decided to take a stand. Host Lindsay Van Allen is joined by Decoding Dyslexia Idaho founder Robin Zikmund, and special education consultant Ashley Brittain. They explain how our state resisted reform and why parents had to take their fight all the way to the federal government.  

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