Inclusion
Learn about how schools work to educate and include students who need extra supports in all areas of school life
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
Waking Up to the Truth About Race
In order to understand the business of bias and race, we have to begin to understand how deeply it is woven into the practices of our society.
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
What Lies Beyond Becoming Colorblind for Leaders?
As educators, we may hope to be colorblind. But is there something beyond being colorblind that will make us better and stronger leaders for children of all colors and cultures? Too often we see our good intentions rather than the real lives of others.
Special Education
Trump's Attorney General Pick Draws Ire of Disability Advocates
Sen. Jeff Sessions, an Alabama Republican and president-elect Donald Trump's selection for attorney general, singled out the special education law as contributing to a decline in classroom discipline.
Equity & Diversity
Yonkers, N.Y., District Commits to More Inclusion of Students with Disabilities
The U.S. Department of Education's office for civil rights said that some students were placed in self-contained special education settings without an individualized justification for doing so.
School Climate & Safety
Opinion
Does 'Black Lives Matter' Matter?
There is damage done by refusing to raise the questions and open the conversations about race. Although that damage may reside beneath the surface, it exists.
Special Education
Texas Special Education Camera Law Just Got a Lot Broader
The Texas attorney general said that a request for a camera from one parent requires that a district install cameras in self-contained classrooms throughout the district.
Special Education
Studies Flag Potential Downside to Inclusion
Young classmates of pupils with emotional and behavioral disabilities were found to have more absences, lower math and reading scores, and more disruptive behaviors.
School Climate & Safety
Opinion
A Look Into Anger: What Will Students Need?
After this and every week of violence, we must remember, our students are watching. What are they thinking and what are they learning?
School & District Management
Opinion
Schools as Instruments of Social Change: Transgender Students and Bathrooms
This is truly a moment for the adults who make decisions about whether they are going to accept social change and create the environments in which all children can flourish to be courageous.
Special Education
Video
L.A.s' Schools Struggle to Integrate Special Education Students
Our second report on special education in Los Angeles looks at the district's current focus on inclusion. Is moving special needs students into neighborhood schools and classrooms a sign of progress, or a cause for concern? This video segment appeared on PBS NewsHour on March 1, 2016. Education Week Video
School Climate & Safety
Opinion
Hate Speech Is on the Rise
Bias cannot be outlawed. Laws can change our behaviors, not our beliefs. Beliefs change by choice and usually over time. It is a deeply personal process.
Special Education
Challenges of Inclusion Explored in Special NewsHour Report
The Los Angeles Unified School District has worked to move many students out of separate settings, such as dedicated special education schools, and into their neighborhood schools.
Law & Courts
Chanda Smith, the Face of Los Angeles' Special Education Reform
The L.A. school district says it has made major efforts to improve special education; a lawsuit involving Smith, now a mother of four, got the ball rolling.
Education Funding
Special Education Teachers to Get Boost From Google on 'Giving Tuesday'
Google.org, the charitable arm of the Internet giant, is launching a $1 million matching grant to help special education teachers who have posted requests on the website Donors Choose.