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Introduction To Symposium On Reconstructing Education In New Orleans Post-Katrina, Robert A. Garda Jr.
Introduction To Symposium On Reconstructing Education In New Orleans Post-Katrina, Robert A. Garda Jr.
Robert A. Garda
No abstract provided.
Education Law Association, Zorka Karanxha
Hunt V. Mcnair, Zorka Karanxha
Special Education From The (Damp) Ground Up: Children With Disabilities In A Charter School-Dependent Educational System, Mark C. Weber
Special Education From The (Damp) Ground Up: Children With Disabilities In A Charter School-Dependent Educational System, Mark C. Weber
Mark C. Weber
Hurricane Katrina created the need and the opportunity to reconstitute the New Orleans public school system. Educational reformers took advantage of the destruction of existing institutions to build a new system based on educational choice and dependent on charter schools to provide the choices. The disaster also created the need and opportunity to rebuild the system of special education in the city, but education for children with disabilities appears to have been an afterthought. Reports have surfaced of children being steered away from charter schools or inadequately served there. This paper asks what principles should guide reformers in establishing education …
Education Law Association, Zorka Karanxha
Education Law Association, Zorka Karanxha
Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Hunt V. Mcnair, Zorka Karanxha
Hunt V. Mcnair, Zorka Karanxha
Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Equitable And Adequate Funding For Special Needs Children In Louisiana, Robert A. Garda Jr.
Equitable And Adequate Funding For Special Needs Children In Louisiana, Robert A. Garda Jr.
Robert A. Garda
Comprehensive and coordinated special education remains a major problem across public schools in Louisiana. One issue arises due to the fact that special education money in some districts is allotted at the district level instead of following students to the schools they attend, resulting in inconsistent support for schools serving students with multiple types of disabilities. Money is not allocated based on student needs and the neediest students do not receive the services the funding is intended to provide.
Louisiana Appleseed and the Louisiana Bar Foundation have recruited volunteer attorneys to: (1) research Louisiana Minimum Foundation Program (MFP) formulas and …