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Charter Schools Show Gains in Serving Children with Disabilities

As the number of charter schools  in the U.S. continues to increase, a new study from CREDO finds that they are offering benefits for students with disabilities.

The Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) at Stanford University compared the performance of students at charter schools with that of students attending traditional public schools in 25 states, the District of Columbia and in New York City. The report is an update to a similar report issued in 2009.

Study results show that charter schools  are improving, particularly when it comes serving  underserved groups like poor and minority students and those with disabilities.

Read the full report at National Charter School Study 2013

The Untapped Power of a Diverse Workforce

This Prezi by Deb Dagit of  Deb Dagit Diversity LLC, was recently shared to illustrated some of the new features in Prezi.

Colorful and succinct “The Untapped Power of a Diverse Workforce”*, is suitable for educating faculty, administrators, and business leaders about the value of including individuals with disabilities in the workplace.

*A slightly different version, which includes animation, can be found at this link:  The Voice.

Legislation Sought to Ensure Higher Education Techonology is Accessible to Visually Impaired College Students

Disability rights advocates and book publishers are pushing for federal regulations to ensure higher education technology is accessible to tens of thousands of students with visual impairments.

According to  a 2011 AIM Report on the accessibility and inaccessibility of instructional material,  approximately 2.1 million American students have some kind of disability, including about 63,000 with visual impairments. Continue reading “Legislation Sought to Ensure Higher Education Techonology is Accessible to Visually Impaired College Students”