Inclusion

Learn about how schools work to educate and include students who need extra supports in all areas of school life
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Special Education Opinion Students With Disabilities Deserve Inclusion. It's Also the Best Way to Teach
Inclusion doesn't just mean throwing disabled students into general education classrooms without support, writes disability advocate Hannah Grieco.
Hannah Grieco, May 7, 2019
5 min read
Students in the Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools program in Des Moines, Iowa, celebrate an agreement to bring the program to schools throughout the district. Federal funding for the program nationally was threatened with elimination in the Trump administration's recent federal budget proposal.
Students in the Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools program in Des Moines, Iowa, celebrate an agreement to bring the program to schools throughout the district. Federal funding for the program nationally was threatened with elimination in the Trump administration's recent federal budget proposal.
Des Moines Independent Schools
Special Education The Special Olympics Budget Clash: What Schools Could Have Lost
Organized under the Special Olympics umbrella, the Unified Champion Schools program promotes meaningful connections between students with and without intellectual disabilities, using sports as a catalyst.
Christina A. Samuels, April 8, 2019
6 min read
School & District Management Five-State Initiative to Boost Principals' Knowledge of Special Education
The Council for Chief State School Officers has launched a program intended to will help deepen principals' knowledge of special education in Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Mississippi, and Ohio.
Christina A. Samuels, February 24, 2019
2 min read
Special Education Special Education Reforms at Center of New Settlement Agreements
The Berkeley, Calif. school district and the state of Ohio have said they will do more to provide services and to ensure students with disabilities are educated in inclusive settings.
Christina A. Samuels, December 17, 2018
3 min read
Fifth grade teacher Kara Houppert, right, and special education teacher Lauren Eisinger co-teach a class at Naples Elementary School in Naples, N.Y.
Fifth grade teacher Kara Houppert, right, and special education teacher Lauren Eisinger co-teach a class at Naples Elementary School in Naples, N.Y.
Photographs by Mike Bradley for Education Week
Special Education What It Takes to Make Co-Teaching Work
When a special education teacher and a regular classroom teacher are teamed in the classroom, they can multiply each other’s strengths.
Sarah Schwartz, December 5, 2018
6 min read
Families & the Community How Parents and Educators Can Team Up on Special Education
Strong partnerships are crucial between schools and parents of students with disabilities. Both can take steps to keep the relationship civil and productive.
Christina A. Samuels, December 4, 2018
6 min read
Special Education Special Education a Growing Priority in Teacher-Training Circles
There’s a push to equip all teachers—not just special educators—with the tools they’ll need to work with students who have disabilities.
Madeline Will, December 4, 2018
6 min read
Special Education Inclusion Alone Not Enough to Boost Special Education Results, Expert Says
Allison Gilmour, a professor at Temple University, argues that schools need to look more at what services are provided to students with disabilities, not just the setting where those students are educated.
Christina A. Samuels, July 27, 2018
2 min read
Special Education School Accessibility Gets $150 Million Boost in N.Y.C. Budget
The money, which will be allocated over three years, is expected to make major and minor improvements to schools throughout the city.
Christina A. Samuels, June 25, 2018
2 min read
Equity & Diversity Opinion Are There Unseen Children In Your School?
What do we know, what can we be sure of, and what do we need to learn about how it feels to be a child in our schools?
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, March 27, 2018
4 min read
School Climate & Safety From Our Research Center Students With Emotional Disabilities: Facts About This Vulnerable Population
Advocates worry students with special education needs such as “emotional disturbance” may be stigmatized in light of the intense spotlight on accused Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz’s mental health history.
Christina A. Samuels, March 19, 2018
7 min read
School & District Management Opinion A Serious Misunderstanding About Special Education and Discipline Problems
We cannot allow this mixing of fact and fallacy about special education and discipline challenges to hang in the air without speaking out. We must be both ethical and active.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, February 20, 2018
3 min read
School Climate & Safety Opinion Can We Teach Acceptance and Compassion or Only Mandate It?
It is the one-sided approach to curriculum that allows the avoidance of helping students understand the experience of 'the other'. It is in these lessons that the power to effectively change the way people think and act toward each other exists.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, February 6, 2018
4 min read
Equity & Diversity Opinion Leading and Teaching in an Equitable System
Daring to have real conversations with others holding different points of view is important. Practicing what we expect children to understand and do cannot happen with integrity unless we are practicing this ourselves.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, January 30, 2018
4 min read