Special Education Toolkit: Guidance for Charter School Authorizers
Providing a Framework for Authorizers at Each Stage of the Charter Life-cycle, and the Tools to do this Work.
Our Top 10 Resources
A curated list of useful resources published by our team and other partner organizations.
The Center in September
New Reports, Politics, Teacher Pipeline, Upcoming Events, and More.
We advocate for students with disabilities 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.
What We Do
Document and Communicate Facts
The Center is committed to proactively disseminating information about the status of students with disabilities in the charter sector.
Inform Policy
As a part of our efforts to engage in the national discussion, The Center works to track and inform federal, state, and local policy.
Develop Coalitions
The Center is committed to bringing together stakeholders to create economies of scale in order to better serve students with disabilities in charter schools.
Build Capacity in the Field
The Center works to actively engage key stakeholders to fully leverage the innovative opportunities created by charter school laws.
News from the Center
2015-16 Interactive Report on the Status of Special Education in Public Schools Across the U.S.
This interactive report provides a visualization of data collected from the Department of Education on the state of special education in charter schools and traditional public schools.
October 18, 2019
NCSECS and CRPE Report Provides Best Practices, Roadmap for Improving Outcomes for Students With Disabilities
This week, National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools (NCSECS) and the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) released a report that brings fresh insight into how charter schools are working to improve education for students with disabilities.
October 17, 2019
Reps. Huffman, DeSaulnier Reintroduce Legislation to Fund Special Educational Services
Washington, D.C. – Today, Representatives Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) and Mark DeSaulnier (D-Concord) reintroduced the IDEA High Cost Pool Funding Act, innovative legislation to help cover the exceptional costs that can be associated with educating special needs children.
October 15, 2019
September 2019 Newsletter
On September 9, The Center awarded education advocate Eileen M. Ahearn the inaugural Eileen M. Ahearn Education Visionary Award for her foresight and commitment to ensuring students with disabilities have the same access to a high quality charter school education as do their peers.
September 28, 2019
Key Trends in Special Education in Charter Schools: A Bi-Annual Analysis of the Civil Rights Data Collection
These reports lay out the findings from data collection about special education in both charter and traditional public schools and the implications of that data.
September 15, 2019
Governors Can – and Should – Lead on Special Education
Earlier this month in Nashville, the National Governors Association held a two day convening of Governors’ offices to discuss policies that support equity and collaboration in education.
September 1, 2019
