Inclusion
Learn about how schools work to educate and include students who need extra supports in all areas of school life
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.