Sueli Gwiazdowski, 24, says she switched high schools three times when she was growing up. She wanted to stay at her first school because she loved being on the speech and debate team – but the campus ...

Students with disabilities are in the crosshairs of the attacks on public education. In light of the uncertain future of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) — the federal law that ...

Fifty years ago, Congress dramatically expanded schools’ responsibilities when it passed the nation’s primary special education law, requiring children with disabilities to receive a “free appropriate ...

The U.S. Department of Education is in talks to move oversight of special education programs to another federal agency. An Education Department official said this week that the agency is working to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Laura Cassidy is the founder of Louisiana Key Academy schools. That law established a revolutionary principle – that children with ...

Despite a well-intentioned federal law that provides baseline rights for parents of special needs children across all states, a stark divide has emerged in education opportunities for children with ...

This story about special education was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. When Bethany Jolliffe started ...

NEWTON, MA - JANUARY 14: At the Angier School, fourth grade teacher Lauren Comando has 24 students, one aide and one special education teacher in classroom that is under the standard size. (Photo by ...

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, ...