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Syftestad, Cassidy; Wolf, Patrick J.; Tucker, Wendy; Morando Rhim, Lauren – School Choice Demonstration Project, 2021
The subject of public charter schools and students with disabilities is both important and sensitive. These students have the potential to benefit greatly from the smaller size and specialized focus of many public charter schools, but questions persist regarding whether all or even most charters are as receptive to enrolling students with…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Finance, Students with Disabilities, School Size
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Walters, Chelsey; Baker, Alesha – Journal of School Choice, 2020
Students attending a University-ModelĀ® school participate in a hybrid approach to education which combines homeschooling with private education. This allows parents a primary role in their child(ren)'s education with the guidance of licensed teachers. The question of how students' academic needs are addressed in this model remains unexplored. This…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Teaching Methods, Home Schooling, Parent Role
Foster, Megan Holmwood – ProQuest LLC, 2013
It has been nearly four decades since the passage of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (1975), yet some of the most fundamental issues still remain. Reauthorized in 1997, and again in 2004, as the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA), this act requires all children with disabilities be offered educational opportunities in the…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Disabilities, Equal Education, Educational Quality
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Russell, Jennifer Lin; Bray, Laura E. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2013
Federal special education and accountability policies requires that educators individualize instruction for students with disabilities, while simultaneously ensuring that the vast majority of these students meet age-based grade-level standards and assessment targets. In this paper, we examine this dynamic interplay between policies through…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Special Education, Accountability, Individualized Education Programs
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Hunt, Paula Frederica – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2011
This article offers a comparative analysis of the Salamanca Statement and Framework for Action, and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act, within a critically discursive framework. The author creates the notion of "possibilities of practice", and analyses each policy document as to how these are created, by means of…
Descriptors: Resource Allocation, Inclusion, Educational Legislation, Special Needs Students
Parrish, Thomas; Esra, Phil – Project Forum, 2006
Reflecting the need for updated, comprehensive and accurate information, the Special Education Expenditure Project was included in a series of studies mandated by Congress in 1997 to measure and evaluate the impact of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). SEEP was the first comprehensive, nationally representative study…
Descriptors: Expenditures, Disabilities, Related Services (Special Education), Special Education