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McNair Program - Projects with a Purpose - Dr. Melvinia M. Martin\u27s Students - Group Photo # 1
No full textPhoto of McNair Scholars in Xavier University of Louisiana engaged in a community service project. This photo includes a man in yellow t-shirt and straw hat.https://digitalcommons.xula.edu/mcnair_service/1001/thumbnail.jp
McNair Program - Projects with a Purpose - Dr. Melvinia M. Martin\u27s Students - Group Photo # 6
No full textGroup photo of McNair Scholars, some wearing Xavier t-shirt doing community project.https://digitalcommons.xula.edu/mcnair_service/1007/thumbnail.jp
McNair Conference, 2019 - Mikala Bowen, Presenter
No full textA photography of Mikala Bowen, a McNair scholar and presenter at the National Conference for McNair Scholars and Undergraduate Research.https://digitalcommons.xula.edu/mcnair_conf/1006/thumbnail.jp
The Impact of Unified Enrollment on School Choice for Parents of Students with Disabilities: a Phenomenology of Real Choice
Get PDFThe purpose of this phenomenological study is to investigate the effects of a unified enrollment system on school choice for parents of students with disabilities in a charter-dominant school district. Previous research indicated that charter schools provide parents with enrollment choices outside of the traditional public school (Rhim & McLaughlin, 2000; Finn, Caldwell & Raub, 2006).
This study was conducted in an urban, southeastern district that transitioned from a traditional school district to a district of independent charter schools. Research questions examined the availability of resources for parents to identify and receive placement in schools that are appropriate for meeting the needs of their children with disabilities.
Findings indicated that parents 1) did not have access to adequate information about the programs at the school for students with disabilities, 2) did not have high-quality school options and 3) did not feel that they had a choice in the school placement of their children with disabilities.
This study provided parental perspectives of enrollment options in the absence of a traditional school district to ensure a free, appropriate public education for students with special educational needs
