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Special Education Vouchers Prevent Mislabeling

Sarah McIntosh

School Reform News / The Heartland Institute / October 22, 2009

A study by the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research has found special education vouchers can keep children from being mislabeled as disabled.It’s ... (read more)

How Special Ed Vouchers Keep Kids From Being Mislabeled as Disabled

Marcus A. Winters, Ph.D. and Jay P. Greene, Ph.D.

Civic Report / The Manhattan Institute / August 01, 2009

In the last three decades, special-education programs in the United States have grown at a tremendous pace. Much of this growth reflects a growing incidence ... (read more)

The Effect of Special Education Vouchers on Public School Achievement: Evidence From Florida’s McKay Scholarship Program

Jay P. Greene and Marcus A. Winters

Civic Report / The Manhattan Institute / April 01, 2008

This paper evaluates the impact of exposure to a voucher program for disabled students in Florida on the academic performance of disabled students who remain ... (read more)

Vouchers for Special Education Students: An Evaluation of Florida’s McKay Scholarship Program

Jay P. Greene, Ph.D. and Greg Forster, Ph.D.

Civic Report / The Manhattan Institute / June 01, 2003

The McKay Scholarship Program for Students with Disabilities makes a school voucher available to any special education student in Florida public schools. ... (read more)

Georgia Public Schools Resist New Law

Susan Laccetti Meyers

School Reform News / The Heartland Institute / October 01, 2009

Buoyed by back-to-back successes of a voucher program for special-needs pupils and a tuition tax credit program, Georgia this year went straight for another ... (read more)

Arizona to Aid Special-Needs and Foster Children

Jim Waters

School Reform News / The Heartland Institute / September 01, 2009

The passage of a new law in late May and the strengthening of another in mid-July mean the end of a rollercoaster ride for hundreds of disabled and displaced ... (read more)

Georgia Expands Special-Needs Voucher Program

Sarah McIntosh

School Reform News / The Heartland Institute / September 01, 2009

Now in its second year, Georgia’s voucher program for special-needs students has continued to grow, with enrollment increasing 44 percent this year. ... (read more)

Nevada Special-Needs Students May Get School Choice

Jillian Melchior

School Reform News / The Heartland Institute / June 01, 2009

As the Nevada legislative session approached its end in May, one education bill managed to get exemption from the first House passage deadline, but a broader ... (read more)

Texas Considers Special-Needs Voucher Programs

Corrina Jennings

School Reform News / The Heartland Institute / June 01, 2009

Special-needs students in Texas may get some school choice if the legislature passes two bills currently pending in the Senate.Senate Bill 183, sponsored ... (read more)

Special-Ed Scholarships Face Uphill Climb in Ohio

Neal McCluskey

School Reform News / The Heartland Institute / May 01, 2009

For the third time in two years a bill to create a publicly funded scholarship program for students with disabilities has been introduced in Ohio. The legislation ... (read more)