Improving education for students with disabilities benefits everyone in a school, said Debra McAdams, the director of ...
For all the headlines proclaiming and debunking reports of a national teacher shortage, few have picked up on the issue’s third rail: Educators qualified to teach students with disabilities have been ...
PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Schools in Pennsylvania will soon have the opportunity to receive funding for disability-inclusive curriculum thanks to a new program the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) ...
In recent years, there has been a noticeable decline in the number of faculty to train aspiring special education teachers and other leaders in the field of special education. Project SELF (Special ...
She wanted to stay at her first school because she loved being on the speech and debate team – but the campus wasn’t wheelchair accessible. Her second school forced her to learn in a separate room, ...
What did you learn about disabilities as a kid? I grew up in Louisiana and Arkansas in the 1970s and ’80s, and I suspect my experience was typical of that place and era. If there were kids with ...
The Education Department dismissed nearly every discrimination complaint — likely including many based on disability — all ...
Judy Heumann was denied enrollment to a Brooklyn elementary school as a 5-year-old girl due to her use of a wheelchair, which she needed as a result of polio. She spent her summers at a New York camp ...
Advocates push for stronger state complaint system for disability discrimination as federal offices cut oversight.
This guest essay reflects the views of Philip S. Cicero, retired superintendent of Lynbrook Public Schools. In the early 1970s, nearly 2 million students with disabilities could not attend public ...
Buffalo Public Schools face discipline reforms after AG findings, highlighting a national pattern of harsher punishment for students of color and disabled students.
The announcement of free education for students with disabilities in the Higher Education Plan 2026–2035 should be welcomed ...