Idaho Superintendent Debbie Critchfield outlines a plan to fund a special education “bridge” program using existing resources ...

That’s why Pennsylvania’s Attract-Prepare-Retain initiative—which personalizes mentoring and support for special education ...

There were 223,100 students receiving special education last school year in public, private or homeschool settings. This includes people from birth to 26 who have an Individualized Education Plan or ...

North Texas school districts must find creative ways to fulfill the needs to the special education students while state ...

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 ...

Mikeie Reiland is a staff writer for Education at Forbes Advisor. Before coming to Forbes Advisor, he wrote magazine journalism for publications like the Oxford American, Bitter Southerner, and Gravy.

With new leadership headed to the U.S. Department of Education, special education advocates are expecting big changes in policies that affect students with disabilities — including more guidance on ...

Advocates are concerned that the Trump administration's changes to the Department of Education will hurt students with disabilities. Credit: Craig Hudson for The Washington Post via Getty Images The ...

Roughly 7 million children in the U.S. receive special education services under a decades-old federal law — or did, until the pandemic began. Many of those services slowed or stopped when schools ...

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