For the past 25 years, U.S. policy has urged schools to keep students with disabilities in the same classrooms with their general education peers unless severe disabilities prevent it. It seems a ...

At its April 27 meeting, the Alameda Unified School District spotlighted inclusive special education initiatives at two schools, including a peer-led physical education program at Lincoln Middle ...

Abby Taylor recently earned her doctorate in special education at Vanderbilt University, where Douglas Fuchs, the author of the controversial paper, is a professor. She is now an adjunct professor of ...

The Alameda Unified School District highlighted new inclusive special education initiatives at Paden Elementary and Lincoln Middle School, aiming to keep students with disabilities engaged alongside ...

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 ...

In the past year, the Nebraska Department of Education (NDE) has promoted a “journey to inclusion,” as a better way to teach students with disabilities. It’s a newer practice for Nebraska schools, and ...

Educators today are trying to manage a new wave of student behavior, and it’s proving to be one of the toughest parts of their job. Educators are facing an unprecedented wave of behavioral challenges ...

Proficiency levels have gone up among special ed students kept in class with their peers. (Jackie Mader/Hechinger Report) When Bethany Jolliffe started teaching kindergarten 15 years ago, she picked ...

Kindergarteners play during center time at Westmoor Elementary in Scottsbluff, Neb. Teachers at the school spend time planning together to make sure they are all taking ownership and supporting ...