Texas Eliminates Accountability in Charter Schools for ELLs and SPED
Texas has gone overboard for charter schools, even though they consistently post worse results than public schools. In the state’s new plans, charter schools will...
Category : Special Education
ACLU: Mask Bans Are Unfair to Students with Disabilities
The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit against the state of South Carolina for its law banning mask mandates, on grounds that such a ban...
Success Academy Charter Chain Ordered to Pay $2.4 Million to SPED Families
Success Academy charter network was directed by a federal district court judge to pay $2.4 million to families whose children with disabilities were pushed out....
Nancy Bailey: Seven Concerns for Public Schools This Year
Nancy Bailey is hopeful that 2021 will bring a new agenda for public schools and their students and teachers. All are worried about the pandemic...
The New York Times Should Add a Former Teacher to Its Editorial Board
The New York Times published an editorial correctly blasting Betsy DeVos as the worst Secretary of Education in the 40-year history of the Department of...
A Study of Charter Schools and Special Education
The National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education has released a study of charter schools and special education by doctoral candidate Katherine Parham...
Leonie Haimson: More on Success Academy Settlement: SA Has Not Paid Attorney Fees, As Ordered
This morning I posted Gary Rubenstein’s post revealing that Success Academy agreed—after five years of litigation—to pay $1.1 million to parents whose children with disabilities...
Peter Greene: How Charters in Pennsylvania Monetize Students with Disabilities
Peter Greene describes in this post how charter schools in Pennsylvania manage to game the system by making money from students with disabilities even while...
Massachusetts: Students, Parents Charge Charter School with Racism
Students, parents, and alumni of the high-performing Mystic Valley Regional Charter School have raised questions about racism at the school, alleging that racism permeates its...
The Report of the Biden-Sanders Unity Task Force: Good But Weak Pablum on Charters
The Biden and Sanders campaigns created a “Unity Task Force” to make recommendations on important issues. Here is their report with recommendations. It is 110...