This post explains the victory for COPAA and the disability advocacy community against Secretary DeVos’ decision to delay implementation of the Equity in IDEA regulations. In addition, it highlights the perpetuated disproportionality these regulations will work to eliminate.
This post lays out a complaint made by Advocates for Children against Success Academy, a NYC organization that manages over 45 charter schools. It also sheds light on the lack of clarity with the issues raised, and the need for clearer support for students with disabilities in charter schools.
Last week, a federal judge in Brooklyn issued an order that advanced a discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed in 2015 against Success Academy, a high-achieving charter school network in New York, by former students and their parents (the plaintiffs).
This post discusses the circumstances around a Mississippi Charter School’s refusal to provide the documents surrounding a lawsuit involving a student with a disability. It also discusses the importance of transparency among charter schools specifically in regards to the impact on students with disabilities