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 ...

Some students went three years without receiving mandated services, and others went their entire high school careers without a needed aide, a state investigation found.

As special education shortages intensify, Parallel Learning’s $20M raise shows how virtual services and measurable outcomes ...

Schools have generally been working hard to meet the special educational needs of an array of students — those with learning disabilities, those learning English, those with behavioral issues and ...

President Donald Trump's Thursday executive order dismantling the U.S. Department of Education leaves wide open questions about whether the legal rights of students with disabilities will be protected ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. A prominent ...

This year, a lot of my reporting focused on the dismantling of federally funded education research and statistics inside the ...

A class-action lawsuit argues that the New York City school system falls short in helping students with emotional disabilities, leaving them to miss too many school days. By Claire Fahy and Troy ...

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Matthew Marino, a professor at the University of Central Florida who studies the intersection of technology and special education, is excited about the potential of generative artificial intelligence ...

The shutdown means there is, essentially, no Education Department. The latest round of layoffs would leave few workers to enforce special education and civil rights laws. By Sarah Mervosh and Michael ...

In the maze of calculations that comprise school funding, observers of every political persuasion agree on one thing: Washington’s method for covering public education is built on fidelity to outdated ...