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Special Education for Learning Differences

01 Special Education for Learning Differences · 43 edit slice
17
orgs
43
activities
6
strategies
AZ
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 17 organizations and 43 activities — ACADEMY OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE, NEW WAY ACADEMY, Fresno Pacific University, CHOLLA ACADEMY and others. Activity concentrates in Arizona (88%) and California (12%). The field's most common shared approach is "Network Collaboration for Impact", run by 1 orgs.
ACADEMY OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE and NEW WAY ACADEMY hold roughly a third of all activity — know those first.
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who to look at first

shortlist

Ranked by activity breadth, method diversity, and network reach across the slice. Attach a memo to this report and this list re-ranks around your intent.

where this slice is thin

gap signals

Concrete structural gaps — method mix, geographic concentration, coalition density, funder diversity. Evidence is cited from the slice's own numbers.

where the field lives · works

geography

Orange headquarters dots are sized by how many grantees are based in the state. Green circles mark real locations these orgs say they serve — from city-level populations in this slice's impact_map_populations data. Toggle layers at the bottom right.

regional breakdown · hq density
Arizona 88% · 15 orgs
California 12% · 2 orgs
gap signal →
Arizona accounts for 88% of field activity — the other 49 states combined hold less than half.
who's here

organizations in this field · 17

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direct service advocacy research capacity building
where the money comes from

funders already active in this field

Funders named as a funding source on these orgs' own materials. The count is the number of orgs in this slice that cite them — higher means a funder with demonstrable commitment to the field.

Arizona Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) 1
Government
Arizona Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESA) 1
Government
Arizona State Government 1
Government
Calgary Foundation 1
Foundation
Calgary Rotary Club 1
Corporate
Center for Jewish Philanthropy of Greater Phoenix 1
Government
EdKey Inc. 1
Corporate
Federal Title I Program 1
Government
Federal Title IV, Part A Program 1
Government
Medi-Cal 1
Government
National School Lunch Program (NSLP) 1
Government
Nickle Family Foundation 1
Foundation
School Tuition Organizations (STO) 1
Foundation
School Tuition Organizations (STOs) 1
Individuals
how the field thinks

strategies in this slice

Theories of action extracted from the orgs in this slice. The count is how many orgs cite each one — a strategy run by many orgs in common is a through-line; one cited by a single org is still surfaced so the reader can gauge the full spread.

where strategy meets practice

strategies × activity types

How each shared strategy breaks down across the four activity types the orgs running it actually do.

direct service
advocacy
research
capacity building
Network Collaboration for Impact
2
Neurodevelopmental Framework
2
Standardized Curriculum Model
1
Structured Learning Rhythms
3
Student Data Rights & Privacy
3
Uniforms for Expectations
1
who works with whom

named partnerships · coalitions · networks

Entities these orgs explicitly call out as partners, coalition members, or networks. Unlike the strategy-sharing graph below (which is inferred from shared approaches), these are relationships the orgs claim on their own sites.

Arizona Department of Education Government
shared by 5 orgs
Cognia Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Facebook Partner
shared by 2 orgs
21st Century Community Learning Centers Partner
shared by 1 org
ASU Downtown Campus Partner
shared by 1 org
ASU MIX Center Partner
shared by 1 org
ASU Polytechnic Campus Partner
shared by 1 org
ASU Prep Academy Partner
shared by 1 org
ASU Tempe Campus Partner
shared by 1 org
ASU West Valley Campus Partner
shared by 1 org
Alberta Education Government
shared by 1 org
Alberta Independent Schools and Colleges in Alberta (AISCA) Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona Association of Independent Schools (AAIS) Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona Early Intervention Programs (AzEIP) Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona State University Network
shared by 1 org
where the field connects

strategy-sharing network

Inferred from shared theories of action: each line connects an org to a strategy it runs. Organizations that share many strategies cluster through the same nodes — funders can spot the field's structural bridges.

scale of the field

rollup metrics

Aggregated scale claims from orgs in the slice. Treat as a floor, not a ceiling — many orgs don't publish these numbers, so totals underrepresent real reach. Extreme outliers (often unit-mismatches upstream) are filtered out.

24K
People served
from 5 orgs
459
Staff
from 4 orgs
75
Partner organizations
from 5 orgs