White House Commission on Excellence in Special Education.
White House Commission on Excellence in Special Education. Bryan Hassel was appointed to this 19-member national commission, which issued its report [pdf] in 2003. Dr. Hassel helped the Commission...
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Youth at High Risk of Disconnection: A data update of Michael Wald and Tia...
Youth at High Risk of Disconnection: A data update of Michael Wald and Tia Martinez’s Connected by 25: Improving the Life Chances of the Country’s Most Vulnerable 14-24 Year Olds [pdf] Nearly every...
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Special Education Challenges and Opportunities in the Charter School Sector
Special Education Challenges and Opportunities in the Charter School Sector [pdf] Ensuring the growth of successful charter schools requires special attention to a variety of challenges associated with...
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Rethinking Special Education Accountability
Rethinking Special Education Accountability [pdf] Bryan Hassel co-authored two articles with Patrick J. Wolf about making the nation’s special education system more outcome-oriented and less procedure...
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Exploring Success in the Charter Sector: Case Studies of Six Charter Schools...
Exploring Success in the Charter Sector: Case Studies of Six Charter Schools Engaged in Promising Practices for Children with Disabilities [pdf] Ideally, charter developers use autonomy extended by...
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Demystifying Special Education in Virtual Charter Schools
Demystifying Special Education in Virtual Charter Schools This report, by Lauren Morando Rhim and Julie Kowal, describes how educating students with disabilities in virtual charter schools entails not...
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Connecting Youth through Multiple Pathways
Connecting Youth through Multiple Pathways [pdf] This report, developed by Dana Brinson, Bryan Hassel and Jacob Rosch for the education program at the Annie E. Casey Foundation, explores some of the...
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Technology and Rural Education
Technology and Rural Education Technology holds great potential for rural schools, such as extending the reach of excellent teachers and expanding course offerings. But digital devices in a pre-digital...
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Newark Opportunity Youth Network: A Collective Approach to Transforming Lives...
Read the Report Led by Newark Opportunity Youth Network (Newark OYN) in New Jersey, key public and private organizations in Newark came together to focus efforts on supporting disconnected youth and...
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Better Together: Why Charter School Champions & Parent Advocates Should...
Read the Report While the charter sector has much to celebrate, the country can do more to put great schools—including excellent charters—within reach for our most vulnerable students. Students with...
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Identifying Schools Achieving Great Results with Highest-Need Students:...
Read the Report | Watch the Webinar This working paper explains the methodology for measuring the extent of support that students need to thrive academically, and how to apply the resulting School...
View ArticleGov. Tony Evers Wants More Money for K-12 Education. Research Backs Many of...
Post-Crescent, February 1, 2019, by Jen Zettel Vandenhouten During his first State of the State speech last week, Gov. Tony Evers announced several education priorities he'd like to address in the next...
View ArticleReengaging Disconnected Youth: Early Lessons from Newark
New Jersey’s youth face enormous, long-standing challenges, many stemming from historic discrimination and endemic poverty. Nearly 4,000 youth between the ages of 16 and 20 are not in school, and about...
View ArticleWhy Charter Champions Should Partner with Parents to Support Students with...
In Better Together: Why Charter School Champions and Parent Advocates Should Partner to Better Support Students with Disabilities, Public Impact issues a call to action for charter champions—including...
View ArticleCommitting to Anti-Racism: Public Impact’s Statement
The deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor are the tip of a mammoth iceberg of racial injustice in our nation. Behind these three injustices are millions of others, large and small,...
View ArticleEngagement, Demographics, Academic, Economics—School Needs Index a New Way to...
By Bryan Hassel and Greg Lippman; published in The 74. A version of this essay originally appeared on the FutureEd blog. We have heard a great deal over the course of the pandemic about learning loss....
View ArticleOur Highest-Need Students: How Can School Deliver for Them Post-Pandemic?
Public Impact and FutureEd teamed up to host a panel discussion on the report, Identifying Schools Achieving Great Results with Highest-Need Students.
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Paper explains a methodology for measuring the extent of support that students need to thrive academically.
View ArticleBottom Line’s Impact: Celebrating 10 Years in New York City
Report examines the impact of the nonprofit, Bottom Line, on low-income, first-generation students in New York City.
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