We know here in Connecticut, the number of students with disabilities continues to grow, and so does the cost of the services they need to complete their education. This week, we learned state ...

The number of students in special education in the United States has doubled over the past four decades, creating a rising share of public school kids who need special education services. That’s ...

Public schools are struggling to fill vacancies for special education teachers. For the 2024-25 school year, 72% of public schools with special education teacher vacancies reported they'd "experienced ...

With five years of experience as a writer and editor in the higher education and career development space, Ilana has a passion for creating accessible, relevant content that demystifies the higher-ed ...

Susan Popkin has a brother-in-law who was kept out of traditional education until high school. David Bateman has a brother-in-law who couldn’t enroll for the first 17 years of his life. These stories ...

Never miss a story with The Brief, our free newsletter. We redesigned this tool with more timely data and context to help Texans interpret information about our schools. Independent Texas reporting ...

Special education teachers work with students who have disabilities. They conduct assessments to determine each individual’s educational needs, design adaptive lesson plans and coordinate with ...

The soaring cost of special education is making a big dent in budgets for cities and towns all across the state, and lawmakers overwhelmingly voted for $40 million in emergency funding to help. The ...