Research: Charters lack specialized expertise, resources for special ed programs
Dive Brief: Research from the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) shows parents of students with disabilities often struggle to find charter schools that fit their children’s needs and feel that the information-gathering process falls largely on their...
New rules limit states’ oversight of online colleges. How will they react?
State attorneys general were left out when the U.S. Department of Education rewrote its state authorization rules for distance education. The department “didn’t feel attorneys general had a strong role to play in the potential regulations compared with...
Brooklyn’s UFT Charter School requests to transition to traditional public school
Dive Brief: The Board of Trustees for UFT Charter School in Brooklyn’s East New York neighborhood voted last week to give up its charter and become a traditional public school, according to a press release. UFT President Michael Mulgrew said students, parents...