Fifty years ago, Congress dramatically expanded schools’ responsibilities when it passed the nation’s primary special education law, requiring children with disabilities to receive a “free appropriate ...

How a groundbreaking law transformed education for millions of students with disabilities and drives APS’s vision for ...

The Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Early Learning (OSEEL) has joined the rest of the nation in ...

Students with disabilities are in the crosshairs of the attacks on public education. In light of the uncertain future of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) — the federal law that ...

A group of Kansas City parents is calling on lawmakers to protect the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act amid changes to education at the federal level.

IDEA at 50: Resources To Support Students With Disabilities During the Week of Action Fifty years after the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act transformed special education services for ...

Teaching vacancies are most acute in special education due to attrition, burnout, and early retirements--workforce support is ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Laura Cassidy is the founder of Louisiana Key Academy schools. That law established a revolutionary principle – that children with ...

She wanted to stay at her first school because she loved being on the speech and debate team – but the campus wasn’t wheelchair accessible. Her second school forced her to learn in a separate room, ...

In response to a guest column written by Ashley Craven of the Oak Ridge School Board (“When the safety net starts to tear: IDEA funding for Oak Ridge Schools is at risk,” Oct. 27): Reading the U.S.

IT teacher and her students using laptop during computer class in high school. The Rising Cost of Special Education: Maintaining FAPE Amid Budget Cuts and Teacher Shortages. Special education services ...