The Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) just released a new report entitled Special Education in New Orleans: Juggling Flexibility, Reinvention, and Accountability in the Nation’s Most Decentralized School System.
Feb 02
Feb 02
In January of 2014 the New York City Independent Budget Office issued a “Schools Brief” entitled Staying or Going? Comparing Student Attrition Rates at Charter Schools with Nearby Traditional Public Schools.
Jan 30
This statement outlines the Center’s support and recommendations for certain provisions in the Every Child Ready for College and Career Act.
Jan 12
This report outlines the ways in which charter school networks can impact the special education offerings and gives some tools to stregthen that affect.
Jan 06
New York City/Geneva Switzerland—Oak Foundation has approved a second grant to The Center for Learner Equity (The Center for Learner Equity) in support of their mission to ensure that students with diverse learning needs are able to fully access and thrive in charter schools.
Dec 23
Congratulations to Newark New Jersey’s charter schools, nearly all of which recently recommitted to the Newark Charter Compact. At a ceremony last week, the schools re-signed onto this annual statement of shared principles, vision and collaboration.
Dec 16
Three recent publications highlight some of the key challenges The Center for Learner Equity faces as we work to ensure students with disabilities have ready access to charter schools prepared to provide quality special education and related services.
Dec 01
Julia Sass Rubin and Mark Weber of Rutgers University recently published a report (the first of a three part series, with two parts yet to come)[1] that examines enrollment differences between public charter schools and traditional district schools in New Jersey.
Nov 24
Student discipline issues in charter schools have received a burst of attention recently. The December issue of the Atlantic features an article called “How Strict is Too Strict”that looks at the lessons to be learned from New Orleans charter high schools and the strict disciplinary practices they follow.
Nov 04
The mission of The Center for Learner Equity (The Center for Learner Equity) is to advocate for students with diverse learning needs to ensure that if they are interested in attending charter schools, they are able to access and thrive in schools designed to enable all students to succeed.