One of the educational options that is receiving increasing attention is meeting the needs
of students with disabilities in the regular classroom.
It includes a synthesis of challenges and opportunities for
students with disabilities in personalized learning systems and actions states can take to move this work to the next level.
The original model law included language that addressed charter school and district responsibilities for
serving students with disabilities, and the need for equity in admissions.
Finding effective, research - based strategies that address the needs of
students with disabilities as well as other general education students who may be experiencing difficulty in learning.
I started out as a critic of the charter school movement, writing articles on the treatment of
students with disabilities by for - profit charter schools.
The education secretary nominee's singular focus on school choice through a voucher system puts the civil rights of
students with disabilities at risk.
As a result, many
more students with disabilities would be likely to attend schools with inadequate resources, ineffective teachers, and larger class sizes in the early grades.
Part of an educational experience is exposure to books and literature and instruction in reading and writing, but
many students with disabilities do not receive effective literacy instruction.
Schools who join «Option 2» receive a portion of state and federal special education funding to provide services that are necessary for
students with disabilities enrolled in the school.
The conventional argument that charters enroll relatively
few students with disabilities because they «counsel out» special needs students after they enroll is inconsistent with the enrollment data.
Students with disabilities often struggle after graduating from the supportive environment of special services high schools, and are unprepared to transition into the work force.
It explains the difference between standard promotion criteria, which is the expectation for
most students with disabilities, and modified promotion criteria.
The law requires that public schools provide
qualified students with disabilities the reasonable accommodations necessary so they get an education comparable to the education of students without disabilities.
This issue brief is intended to assist state policymakers in better understanding strategies to
prepare students with disabilities and special needs for college and career.