New York City charter schools are committed to serving all students by providing high quality inclusive educational environments. To this end, charter schools enroll students with disabilities in numbers comparable to the district, as well as continue to actively reach out to families with multilingual learners providing high quality educational options.
charter schools featured a preference for MLLs in their 2021-22 admission lotteries
of students enrolled in charter schools have disabilities
charter schools enroll a higher proportion of students with disabilities than the city wide average
Check out our ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER (ELL) and Students with Disabilities Fact Sheets
The Collaborative for Inclusive Education – an initiative of the New York City Charter School Center – empowers schools to serve all students by providing professional development opportunities, resources, guidance and access to local and national best practices and renowned special populations’ experts.
Benefits of Membership
The Collaborative hosts more than 100 professional development opportunities each school year, including workshops, panel discussions, webinars and more.
We will meet with your team, observe classes, and provide feedback and help to help improve your ELL, Special Education and Inclusive Education programs.
Our National Speaker Series convenes public educators from across the country and are led by nationally renowned experts.
Our online resource library offers member schools research, exemplars and training materials as well as on-demand PDs in an easily accessible platform.
We advocate for laws, policies, and practices to ensure special education accountability and reform at the City and state levels.