Future teachers are starting to learn more about special education : NPR
Kellen Hedler prepares to start his school day at Frontier Elementary School in Edmond, Okla. Katrina Ward for NPR hide caption toggle […]
RFK Jr. Is the Last Person Who Should Be in Charge of Special Education (Opinion)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has no place being put in charge of special education services. Last month, however, President Donald Trump announced […]
How the Education Department helps enforce special education laws : NPR
Kellen Hedler leads his fellow classmates at Frontier Elementary School near Oklahoma City. Kellen has Down syndrome, a genetic condition that causes […]
Why Trump’s Move to Shift Special Ed. to HHS Is Rattling Educators
Half a century ago, hundreds of thousands of children with disabilities nationwide either had to attend costly private schools or forgo education […]
Student loans, special education to move out of Education Dept. : NPR
The federal student loan portfolio – which manages about $1.6 trillion in loans for roughly 43 million borrowers – is currently overseen […]
How Schools Make Up for the Feds’ Unfulfilled Special Ed. Funding Commitment
Pop quiz: How many times has the federal government fulfilled its original commitment to supply 40 percent of the average per-pupil expenditure […]
Special education students benefit from school integration. It doesn’t always happen : NPR
Kellen Hedler’s classroom aid, Parker Van Buskirk, checks in with Kellen as he works on an assignment. Kellen is largely independent throughout […]
Biden Administration Scraps Medicaid Change for Special Ed. Services
The Department of Education is withdrawing a proposal that sought to streamline how schools bill Medicaid for the mental health and medical […]
Schools Lag in IDing Kids Who Need Special Education. Are They Catching Up?
Schools fell far behind in identifying students for special education services during the pandemic. But a recent analysis of one state’s data […]
Can AI Help With Special Ed.? There’s Promise—and Reason to Be Cautious
Some special education practitioners have experimented with using generative artificial intelligence to speed up the mountain of paperwork they’re required to fill […]
