Resources & Research

This report describes the way states were assisted through the TA Customizer Project (TAC) to create state-specific Primers on Special Education in Charter Schools. It includes background on the charter issue, descriptions of the national technical assistance process and customizing approach, the TAC Model’s applicability to other types of technical assistance, and a concluding section on lessons learned.
 

This report describes how educating students with disabilities in virtual charter schools entails not only molding state charter school laws to fit a specialized type of charter school, but also adapting federal and state special education guidelines aimed at providing special education in traditional brick and mortar settings.
 

In education circles across the country, the question is often raised as to what works in the areas of special education. This article shares the common, school-level, elements of success which appear to contribute to the high achievement of students with disabilities based on practice in states and districts across the country.

This report explores the various difficulties charter schools face related to educating children with disabilities and examines potential opportunities to address the challenges to ensure that efforts to educate children with disabilities do not inhibit efforts to grow high quality charter schools.