In this podcast episode, the Collaborative welcomes Frederic Lim, the ELL Coordinator at St. Hope Academy Charter School. We chat about his approach to co-planning for ELLs during remote learning, including how to ensure rigor and engagement. If you like what you hear, make sure to check out his webinar…
In our newest podcast episode, we speak with Kristen Ahangari, the Special Education Department Chair at Renaissance Innovation. We discuss lessons learned and pivots that her school has made during the transition to remote learning. Check out Kristen’s E-Learning Guide and compilation of Zoom tips to support students with disabilities.…
The current public health situation has raised many questions about best instructional practices for remote learning. Although we do not have state or citywide guidelines for what distance learning should look like, especially with respect to students with IEPs, we have created a webpage with resources that schools and educators…
We recently hosted over 50 charter school HR professionals here at the Charter Center, who came to learn from staff recruiting experts and share best practices during a full day conference. As a group, we considered how to ensure more inclusive work environments and avoid implicit bias in the hiring…
Our School Supports team recently hosted its annual workshop in partnership with NYS-TEACHS to help schools understand how to meet the needs of students in temporary housing and comply with federal and state laws and regulations, according to the McKinney-Vento Act and the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA).…
View Interactive Charts Download Test ScoresLast week, the New York State Education Department released results for the 2018-19 grades 3-8 English language arts (ELA) and math assessments. We were not surprised that these results confirm the trend- of many years now -that NYC charter schools attain high student achievement results while…
The NYC Special Education Collaborative is now The Collaborative for Inclusive Education. Nearly a decade ago, the New York City Charter School Center created the NYC Special Education Collaborative when it merged a consortium of borough-based special education cooperatives into a citywide membership program in order to codify the…
Last week, one of the founders of the New York City Charter School Center, Carol Reich, passed away. You can read the outline of Carol’s life and contributions in the New York Times’ obituary. And, if you want to know more, and wonder how the charter movement got started in New…
View Interactive Charts Download Test Scores On Wednesday, the New York State Education Department released results for the 2017-18 grades 3-8 English Language Arts (ELA) and math assessments. As in 2015-16, when the state implemented new testing procedures that differed from past years’ Common Core assessments, these results are not…
By Melissa Katz, Director, English Learner Supports The NYC Special Education Collaborative’s mission is to empower schools to develop inclusive education environments. This is an ambitious undertaking given that inclusion is not a teaching strategy, but rather a mindset. In the most basic language, inclusion means any student, regardless of…
