This tool provides information on the charter school laws in each state as they pertain to the provision of special education services and funding. It was most recently updated in January 2012.
These four reports from the National Center for Education Statistics of the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences provide a variety of data about enrollment and staffing of charter schools, and media centers in charter schools. The June 2009 reports represent selected findings from the 2007-08 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS).
This study was conducted to increase peer-to-peer social skills using direct instruction and peer training in two elementary students with autism spectrum disorders in inclusion settings. The participants and their nondisabled peers were trained to initiate and respond to each other during center time, and academic activities. Increased initiations and responses in all participants were noted.
The 2011 report Condition of Education 2004 defines 50 indicators for summarizing recent and important developments in U.S. education. These indicators cover the areas of persistence, student achievement, and the learning environment. Information on charter schools can be found in the sections on enrollment and public school characteristics.
At least 385 military personnel who have participated in the Department of Defense’s Troops To Teachers(TTT) program have gone to jobs at charter schools, according to this data table provided in March 2011 to the National Charter School Resource Center by the Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support (DANTES), which oversees the program.
The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools has updated its online dashboard with information about the 5,275 charter schools nationwide for the 2010-11 school year.
