For-profit schools continue to skimp on special education: A response to Naomi Zigmond

Phi Delta Kappan

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 284-290

  Ramanathan, Arun K ^a   Zollers, Nancy J ^b  

^a Cesar Chavez Elementary School   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

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References (23)

1. Naomi Zigmond, "Special Education Revisited: A Response to Zollers and Ramanathan," Phi Delta Kappan, November 1999, pp. 228-34. Quotations from this article will be cited in text, by page number only.
2. Nancy J. Zollers and Arun K. Ramanathan, "For-Profit Charter Schools and Students with Disabilities: The Sordid Side of the Business of Schooling," Phi Delta Kappan, December 1998, p. 298.
3. Senosk v. Seven Hills Charter School, OCR Complaint No. 01-99-1148 (Worcester, 1999).
4. Kevin Rango to Anthony Teso, vice principal, Seven Hills Charter School, 8 June 1999.
5. Robin Foley, personal communication, 6 June 1999.
6. Naomi Zigmond, "Rethinking Secondary School Programs for Students with Learning Disabilities," Focus on Exceptional Children, September 1990, p. 4.
7. Zollers and Ramanathan, p. 300.
8. "Charter School Technical Advisory: Subject Special Education," memorandum from Undersecretary James Peyser to charter schools and school superintendents, 25 July 1995.
9. Shayna W. v. Boston Renaissance School, BSEA 96-1272 (Boston, 1996); and Rebha G. v. Boston Renaissance School, BSEA 96-2207 (Boston, 1996).
10. Shayna W. v. Boston Renaissance School, BSEA 96-1272 (Boston, 1996); and Rebha G. v. Boston Renaissance School, BSEA 96-2207 (Boston, 1996).
11. "The Authors Respond," p. 637.
12. Letter from Thomas Payzant to Sen. Robert Antonioni and Rep. Harold Lane, 8 April 1999.
13. Letter from Benno Schmidt, John Chubb, Christopher Cerf, Kate Garnett, Steven Kaplan, Deborah Springpeace, and Roger Harris to Rep. Harold Lane, chair of the House Education Committee, 7 July 1999.
14. Ibid.
15. David Rubin, "State Support for Edison Raises Troubling Questions: Whittle School Is a Questionable Investment," Boston Globe, 2 April 1995.
16. Ibid.; and Alex Molnar, Giving Kids the Business: The Commercialization of America's Schools (Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1996).
17. Ibid.; and Alex Molnar, Giving Kids the Business: The Commercialization of America's Schools (Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1996).
18. See Naomi Zigmond et al., "Special Education in Restructured Schools: Findings from Three Multi-Year Studies," Phi Delta Kappan, March 1995, pp. 531-40; Naomi Zigmond et al., "When Students Fail to Achieve Satisfactorily: A Reply to McLeskey and Waldron," Phi Delta Kappan, December 1995, pp. 303-6; and Naomi Zigmond and Janice Baker, "Concluding Comments: Current and Future Practices in Inclusive Schooling," Journal of Special Education, vol. 25, 1995, pp. 245-50.
19. See Naomi Zigmond et al., "Special Education in Restructured Schools: Findings from Three Multi-Year Studies," Phi Delta Kappan, March 1995, pp. 531-40; Naomi Zigmond et al., "When Students Fail to Achieve Satisfactorily: A Reply to McLeskey and Waldron," Phi Delta Kappan, December 1995, pp. 303-6; and Naomi Zigmond and Janice Baker, "Concluding Comments: Current and Future Practices in Inclusive Schooling," Journal of Special Education, vol. 25, 1995, pp. 245-50.
20. See Naomi Zigmond et al., "Special Education in Restructured Schools: Findings from Three Multi-Year Studies," Phi Delta Kappan, March 1995, pp. 531-40; Naomi Zigmond et al., "When Students Fail to Achieve Satisfactorily: A Reply to McLeskey and Waldron," Phi Delta Kappan, December 1995, pp. 303-6; and Naomi Zigmond and Janice Baker, "Concluding Comments: Current and Future Practices in Inclusive Schooling," Journal of Special Education, vol. 25, 1995, pp. 245-50.
21. For an example of an effective inclusion program, see Nancy J. Zollers, Arun K. Ramanathan, and Moonset Yu, "The Relationship Between School Culture and Inclusion: How an Inclusive Culture Supports Inclusive Education," Qualitative Studies in Education, 1999, pp. 323-41.
22. "CEC Speaks Out on Charter Schools and Special Education Funding," CEC Today, Special Convention Issue, 1999, p. 10.
23. Howard Gardner, personal communication, 27 July 1999.