Finding a Great Fit: Improving the School Choice Process for Students with Disabilities

Autor/inn/en	McKittrick, Lanya; Lake, Robin; Tuchman, Sivan; Pillow, Travis; Valant, Jon; Larsen, Matthew
Institution	Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE)
Titel	Finding a Great Fit: Improving the School Choice Process for Students with Disabilities
Quelle	(2020), (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	School Choice; Students with Disabilities; Educational Quality; Advocacy; Parent Role; Urban Schools; Decision Making; Institutional Characteristics; Access to Information; Barriers; Special Education; Louisiana (New Orleans); District of Columbia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Choice of school; Schulwahl; Student; Students; Disability; Disabilities; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Behinderung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Sozialanwaltschaft; Parental role; Elternrolle; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen
Abstract	Families of children with disabilities must constantly work to advocate for their children, find the school that provides the best fit, and assess whether educators are providing the right interventions. This can be exhausting and frustrating, especially when it comes on top of the unique demands of parenting a child with a disability. The Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE), wanted to learn how parents in those circumstances manage the school choice process, and how they can be better supported to advocate for their children and choose the best educational opportunities. Two cities, New Orleans and Washington, D.C., exemplify both these opportunities and challenges. CRPE studied those cities to identify ways they can continue to maximize opportunities and minimize challenges for families with children with disabilities--especially to help both communities improve their enrollment and information-sharing processes, with the understanding that a process is only as good as the choices available. While school governance in both of these cities is fairly unique compared to other school systems around the country, CRPE believes their experience can inform other cities' efforts to expand educational opportunities and improve the experience for families with children with disabilities. CRPE studied how parents of children with disabilities choose schools: what supports are available to them, and their experiences using these supports to navigate the school choice process. The next phase of research was to follow the experience of a smaller set of families throughout this school year to understand: (1) how the reality of the school the family chose or were assigned fits with what they thought they were getting; and (2) how they navigate the school choice process. Findings will inform later phases of research. They also point to ways New Orleans and D.C.--and other "high-choice" cities--can better support students with disabilities and their families. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Center on Reinventing Public Education. University of Washington Bothell Box 358200, Seattle, WA 98195. Tel: 206-685-2214; Fax: 206-221-7402; e-mail: crpe@u.washington.edu; Web site: http://www.crpe.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01