The United States guarantees 7.2 million students with disabilities an equal education. But the system is broken. For this package, we spoke with students, parents, teachers, and advocates about the ...

Over the past decade, the number of students with disabilities has been increasing, and there’s also a special education teacher shortage. That has made individualized education programs, which ...

A stated goal of the Trump administration is to dismantle the federal Department of Education. During the latest government shutdown, the administration announced the firing of dozens of employees in ...

Cognitive scientist Antoinette Banks‘ personal mission to create solutions began at home, fueled by her daughter. Born in 2006, Banks’ daughter was diagnosed at age five with a neurodevelopmental ...

Orange Grove Center announced a transformative change to its school program. Orange Grove has been approved by the State of Tennessee to be a provider of the Individualized Education Account (IEA) ...

A West Warwick family is working to figure out how to move forward after a fire over the weekend left them without a home. Fire breaks out at plating facility in Lincoln A fire broke out at a plating ...

Samantha Kervin just finished her first year of high school at West Shore Jr./Sr. High School. But school hasn't always been easy for her. Back in second grade, her teacher knew she was struggling to ...

HOLYOKE — Families navigating special education will have a chance to get answers and advocacy tips next week. Ward 6 School Committee member-elect Patty Norris Lubold is hosting the EmpowerED Family ...

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 ...