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Download full textWinters, Marcus A.; Greene, Jay P. – Center for Civic Innovation, 2009
In the last three decades, special-education programs in the United States have grown at a tremendous pace. Much of this growth reflects a growing incidence of students diagnosed with the mildest form of learning disability, called a Specific Learning Disability (SLD), and thus the hardest to distinguish from an ordinary cognitive deficit. Between…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Private Schools, Learning Disabilities, Educational Vouchers
Greene, Jay P.; Winters, Marcus A. – Center for Civic Innovation, 2008
This paper evaluates the impact of exposure to a voucher program for disabled students in Florida on the academic performance of disabled students who remain in the public school system. The authors utilize student-level data on the universe of public school students in the state of Florida from 2000-01 through 2004-05 to study the effect of the…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Severity (of Disability), Mild Disabilities, Learning Disabilities
Greene, Jay P.; Winters, Marcus A. – Empire Center for New York State Policy, 2005
This report shows that New York can reduce special ed costs and enrollment--and improve parental satisfaction with the program as part of the bargain--by adopting two simple reforms: changing the formula funding special education from a "bounty" system to a "lump-sum" system; and implementing a voucher program for children in…
Descriptors: Funding Formulas, Private Schools, Educational Objectives, Learning Disabilities
