The Center for Reinventing Public Education contracted with The Center for Learner Equity to conduct case studies on school models and practices that effectively serve students with special needs. This brief highlights how a San Diego charter school network is using personalized learning to meet the needs of its students with disabilities.
This post gives an overview of the Moth Haven Academy Charter School case study and highlights the important ways the school’s model is designed for and specifically helps students with disabilities.
As part of its effort to share best practices with the special education community, The Center for Learner Equity (The Center for Learner Equity) identified several public charter schools across the country as “Centers for Excellence.
Analysis of CRDC Data Finds That Charter School and Traditional Public School Discipline Rates Remain Similar From Two Years Ago; Report Also Finds That Contrary to Public Opinion, Charter Schools Enroll Students with a Range of Disabilities and That Students Are Served in More Inclusive Settings.
The billions of dollars in proposed cuts to the education budget is troubling, particularly when services and supports for students with disabilities are already significantly under-funded.
As part of its effort to share best practices with the special education community, The Center for Learner Equity (The Center for Learner Equity) identified several public charter schools across the country as “Centers for Excellence”.
New Trends in Special Education in Charter Schools: How Students With Disabilities Are Faring Please join The Center for Learner Equity (The Center for Learner Equity) to discuss their report Key Trends in Special Education in Charter Schools: A Secondary Analysis of the Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC). Findings will focus on enrollment, placement, discipline and specialized schools. A light breakfast will be served. RSVP by February 21 via this Google Form! Tuesday, February 27, 2018 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. U.S. Capitol Visitor’s Center, SVC-201 East Capitol St NE & First St SE, Washington, DC 20004 Presenters Opening remarks: Rep. Glenn T. Thompson (R-PA) (invited) Presentation of findings: Lauren Morando Rhim, Executive Director, The Center for Learner Equity Panel Moderator: Christina Samuels, Associate Editor, Education Week Selene Almazan Esq., Legal Director, Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates Nat Malkus, Resident Scholar and Deputy Director, Education Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute Seth Galanter, Senior Director, National Center for Youth Law If you have any questions, or need any accommodation, please email evieunsworth@mckeongrp.com by February 20, 2018.
Together, Cole’s flexibility in curriculum and instruction and its coaching model support the school in balancing and maintaining an inclusive educational model with rigorous learning goals and high expectations.
This post highlights the Center’s Special Education Toolkit which offers a great resource for charter school authorizers.
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.
