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After spending most of his first year in elementary school in a classroom only for students with significant disabilities, Terri Joyce’s son has enjoyed learning in a classroom that includes students ...

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 ...

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 ...

Kellen Hedler is actively engaged in his fourth-grade classroom: He raises his hand to correctly answer a math question, he reads prompts out loud for the class and he gathers with classmates to watch ...

Mrs. Alvarez starts her day at 7:30 a.m. with the usual bustle: backpacks thump onto the floor, lunch boxes are unpacked, and a stack of folders marked IEP—short for Individualized Education Program, ...

A five-year pilot program in Maine aims to ensure special education students are no longer segregated from their peers. Research shows inclusive classrooms boost student attendance rates, family ...

During Teacher Appreciation Week, Campton Elementary educators in New Hampshire are being recognized for integrating sign language into daily routines to support a deaf first grader, fostering ...

The World Bank is supporting disability-inclusive education in Rwanda, Burkina Faso, and Cambodia by training teachers, upgrading school infrastructure, and embedding disability support in school ...

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 ...