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Lancet, Stephanie; Rhim, Lauren Morando; O'Neill, Paul – National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools, 2020
As the charter sector has matured, its critics have multiplied. While charter schools enjoyed bipartisan and substantial public support for their first 20 years, the tide of public opinion now flows in more varied directions. Policymakers and leaders across the country are facing pressure to limit charter expansion, with public support for charter…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Traditional Schools, Public Schools, Disproportionate Representation
Doutre, Sara Menlove; Willis, Jason; Barrett, Tyson; Ripma, Tye; Caparas, Ruthie; Krausen, Kelsey – WestEd, 2021
Each year, funds from federal, state, and local sources are directed to provide special education and related services to nearly 725,000 students with disabilities in California. To increase equitable outcomes for these students, who comprise nearly 12 percent of California's K-12 population, state-decision-makers agree that more research and…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Special Education, Educational Finance, Financial Support
Adams, Antoinette – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The disproportionate representation of African American students in special education classes has been a challenge and dilemma for educators for over four decades. The disproportionate identification of African American students in special education began in kindergarten general education classrooms when teachers did not use interventions…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, African American Students, Special Education, Disproportionate Representation
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Bakken, Jeffrey P., Ed.; Obiakor, Festus E., Ed.; Rotatori, Anthony F., Ed. – Advances in Special Education (MS), 2012
Volumes 22 and 23 of "Advances in Special Education" address the current top perspectives and issues in the field of EBD by providing chapters written by active researchers and scholarly university professors who specialize in this area. Volume 22 first delineates legal issues, themes, and dimensions related to the historical development…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Special Education, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification
Harvey, James E. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The Individual with Disability Educational Improvement Act (IDEA-2004) (P.L. 108-446) includes a policy called Early Intervening Services (EIS) which makes it permissible, but not mandatory, for a school district to use 15 percent of their IDEA Part B funds to provide services to non-disabled at risk students. However, a school district cited for…
Descriptors: African American Students, Disproportionate Representation, Disabilities, School Districts
Sullivan, Amanda L.; A'Vant, Elizabeth; Baker, John; Chandler, Daphne; Graves, Scott; McKinney, Edward; Sayles, Tremaine – Communique, 2009
This article is one in a series developed by members of NASP's African American Subcommittee of the Multicultural Affairs Committee for school psychologists and other educators working with culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) student populations. Last month, we introduced the problem of disproportionality in special education in part one…
Descriptors: School Psychologists, Disproportionate Representation, Special Education, Learning Disabilities