In response to UCLA’s Center for Civil Rights Remedies’ report “Charter Schools, Civil Rights and School Discipline,” Lauren Morando Rhim, executive director of The Center for Learner Equity issued the following statement.
Mar 17
Feb 24
In January, John King succeeded Arne Duncan as the leader of the U.S. Department of Education, but he has yet to be given Duncan’s full title. To date, Mr. King has been functioning as Acting Secretary.
Jan 22
The Center for Learner Equity (The Center for Learner Equity) is dedicated to ensuring that students with disabilities have equal access to charter schools and that public charter schools are designed and operated to enable all students to succeed.
Jan 21
This statement outlines the Center’s recommendations on the Department of Educations ESSA Title I Regulations.
Jan 15
This report outlines a problem in charter schools surrounding communication between the schools and the various organizations that oversee them and the steps and tests the Kent Intermediate School District took to eliminate this problem and ensure quality education for all students.
Dec 11
The Center for Learner Equity was pleased this week that Congress finally put the worn-out and ultimately underachieving No Child Left Behind Act to bed. NCLB was the iteration of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act that has been in place since 2002
Nov 17
The Center for Learner Equity (The Center for Learner Equity) is both pleased and a bit exhausted to announce that in each of the past two weeks it has released a major research paper.
Nov 09
Today, The Center for Learner Equity released their groundbreaking report: Key Trends in Special Education in Charter Schools, A Secondary Analysis of the 2011-2012 U.S. Department of Education Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC).
Nov 07
The report gives an overview of how special education is funded in charter schools and the surrounding details.
Nov 03
The Center for Learner Equity has had the opportunity to review three recent reports assessing the nature and viability of online charter schools (also called “virtual” charter schools). They are all components of the same umbrella project – the National Study of Online Charter Schools.