This milestone has us reflecting about the progress we have made and looking forward to the opportunities ahead. In 2013−more than 20 years into the evolution of the charter sector-we launched The Center for Learner Equity to ensure not only that students with disabilities could access charter schools, but that the schools would be prepared to help them succeed.
Mark Rynone, Executive Director of the NJ Special Education Collaborative, discusses the ways that Newark charter schools are working to ensure that students with disabilities can access and thrive in charter schools.
The Center for Learner Equity (The Center for Learner Equity) will expand its advocacy capacity for students with disabilities with the support of a $1.2 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Join The Center for Learner Equity in congratulating Laurie VanderPloeg on her appointment to serve as Director for the Office of Special Education Programs in the United States Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
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” and is communicating how each school uniquely leverages its autonomy to benefit students with disabilities.
A secondary analysis of the Civil Rights Data Collection 2011–2012. The Center for Learner Equity (The Center for Learner Equity) is an independent, non-profit organization formed by a coalition of national experts on special education in charter schools.
Charter schools are playing an important role in improving the quality of classrooms for students of all backgrounds, including students with disabilities. And while there are unfortunately some ill-intended for-profit companies that are simply out to exploit the system for their own financial gain,
This letter details the Center’s comments to the U.S. Department of Education regarding CMO Grant Priorities.
New Orleans is in the midst of a historic transition, with the Orleans Parish School Board regaining local control of its public schools from the Louisiana Recovery School District. This unprecedented transition brings with it much opportunity to ensure every child’s individual needs are met, including students with disabilities.
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).