“Implementation and enforcement of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a federal responsibility.
Jan 20
Jan 13
Please join The Center for Learner Equity (The Center for Learner Equity) for a webinar taking a deeper look at the Department of Education’s recently released guidance on educating students with disabilities.
Jan 09
The Department of Education (the Department) recently released three sets of guidance related to educating students with disabilities, including one set explicitly pertaining to charter schools.
Dec 28
This webinar walks viewers through The Department of Education’s Guidence of Education Students with Disabilities and gives in-depth context and information surrounding it.
Dec 15
This post discusses a report detailing special education practices in 10 California charter schools and how inclusion of students with disabilities in classrooms is the best practice to benefit kids.
Dec 07
The United States Supreme Court (the Supreme Court) will soon hear the Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District (Endrew F.) case that may result in a new or updated definition of a “free appropriate public education,” the central pillar of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
Nov 21
This brief of Amici Curiae of the National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools and NAPCS in support of petitioner in the case of Endrew F v. Douglas County School District.
Oct 25
The Center for Learner Equity has launched its Centers of Excellence Initiative to proactively work with four charter schools.
Oct 20
The nation’s high school graduation rate is one important data point that we use in the U.S. to help determine the overall success of students attending our schools.
Oct 12
Last week the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools published a new, substantially revised version of its Model Charter Schools Law (“A Model Law for Supporting High-Quality Charter Public Schools: Second Edition”). As a co-author of both versions, I can offer a few observations.