[ad_1] Several states in recent years have raised the maximum age at which students with disabilities are eligible to receive special education services from their schools. The changes, often driven by a shifting legal understanding of what federal special education law requires, can...
[ad_1] After ranking 44th in the nation for inclusionary practices—defined by how many students with disabilities are learning alongside their general education peers—Washington state began working to change that trajectory. Here’s how it’s working to improve the experience of special education students in...
[ad_1] Some special education practitioners have experimented with using generative artificial intelligence to speed up the mountain of paperwork they’re required to fill out to provide essential services to students with disabilities.But using AI to improve instruction for students with disabilities or learning...
[ad_1] School districts in most states have a responsibility under federal law to provide services to students with disabilities until they’re 21 or 22. But carrying out those responsibilities isn’t always intuitive.Special education services often cost orders of magnitude more than what schools...
[ad_1] The misidentification of special education students is a problem for many educators, and some experts say the solution is more individualized than some may think.In a recent ‘A Seat at the Table’ webinar, focused on proven interventions for academic success in special...
[ad_1] Solutions to the perennial crisis of special education staffing must extend beyond training and recruiting more teachers to the more complex work of retaining educators who’ve already entered the field, experts say.Twenty-one percent of public schools reported that they were not fully...
[ad_1] Fostering a sense of belonging in school takes a lot of intentional effort, especially when it comes to students with disabilities, who have traditionally been excluded from many mainstream classes and activities.That’s according to a principal who has dedicated her career to...
[ad_1] When students who have disabilities arrive at Monroe High School, they’ve often spent nearly a decade learning that their differences mean they’ll be taught separately from their peers who spend their days in general education classrooms.But that all changes when they start...
[ad_1] The role of what is known as “gifted and talented” programs in public K-12 education has long been debated in contentious conversations on how schools determine their most advanced students and structure selective education opportunities. New models of advanced education are emerging...
[ad_1] Hayden Gilmore walked across the stage to receive his diploma in 2022 along with the rest of his peers. But unlike most of them, he returned to school for two more years after that.That’s because Hayden, 20, is on the autism spectrum...