Improving education for students with disabilities benefits everyone in a school, said Debra McAdams, the director of ...

Federal lawmakers are considering taking up legislation that would amend IDEA, a move that advocates fear could open the door to broader changes amid an already tumultuous time for special education.

As I walk into the classroom as a newly graduated teacher, I see children—each with unique abilities, interests and an ...

After months of uncertainty, federal lawmakers approved a spending package that rejects Trump administration efforts to alter ...

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) ...

Worldwide millions of children are not able to fully participate in schooling, and this is especially a problem for children with disabilities. In this course, we explore the support that teachers ...

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 ...

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 ...

When Debra McAdams stepped into her role leading special education for Nashville schools in 2009, she knew she would ...

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 ...

This means that increases in special education can strain a school district's general funds, according to Scott Turner, ...

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 ...