ERIC Number: ED664052
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Oct-8
Pages: 24
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Specialized Charter Schools for Students with Disabilities. Fast Facts 6
Center for Learner Equity
This final of six briefs analyzing data from the U.S. Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), covering the 2020-21 school year, explores the characteristics of the 176 charter schools with a specific focus on students with disabilities. This group, representing 2.3% of charter schools nationwide, is heavily concentrated in a handful of states and is particularly focused on students identified as having autism, emotional disturbances, and intellectual disabilities. With students in these schools spending significantly less time in general education settings, student experiences in specialized charters are fundamentally different in important ways from the experiences of students with disabilities in charter schools on the whole.
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Equal Education, Federal Legislation, Students with Disabilities, Charter Schools, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Emotional Disturbances, Intellectual Disability, Special Schools, Special Education, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Student Experience, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, High Schools
Center for Learner Equity. 420 Lexington Avenue Suite 300, New York, NY 10170. e-mail: info@centerforlearnerequity.org; Web site: https://www.centerforlearnerequity.org/
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Numerical/Quantitative Data
Education Level: Elementary Education; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; High Schools
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: The Center for Learner Equity (CLE)
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
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