Special education is designed to ensure students with disabilities can have their educational needs met, according to the U.S. Department of Education. In Wisconsin, there’s a wide range of reasons ...

Every fall, families get ready for the rituals of the school year: new backpacks, a fresh pencil case, and a smiling Instagram photo to show the hope and promise that parents expect education to ...

How much do America’s schools spend to provide special education services to students with disabilities? How have special education costs nationwide risen over the last two decades? What is the ...

The Conversation has collaborated with SciLine to bring you highlights from the discussion, which have been edited for brevity and clarity. Which students receive special education services? Students ...

Educators and parents of students with intellectual and developmental disabilities are optimistic about artificial intelligence’s potential to create more inclusive classrooms and close educational ...

How “special” is special education in the United States? It has come “a long way, baby,” serving students with special learning needs for 50 years, since 1975. But it may be “going away, baby.” The ...

The Department of Education is responsible for enforcing state compliance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, which mandates that all public schools provide children with ...

The working conditions of special education teachers have become a major point of friction in labor negotiations with ...

It costs nearly four times as much to educate a special education student as other students in Seattle Public Schools. This difference largely stems from bureaucratic overhead required by 1970s ...