People with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) have unique needs. This article discusses the work of PMLD ...

With new loan limits on the horizon, colleges can take steps to make the financial aid system more just for students with ...

This guest essay reflects the views of Philip S. Cicero, retired superintendent of Lynbrook Public Schools. In the early 1970s, nearly 2 million students with disabilities could not attend public ...

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. The number of students with disabilities has grown 10 percentage points since 2004 to 21 percent of ...

Young people with disabilities in the United States are guaranteed the right to a free and appropriate public education at federally funded schools. But with shifts and cuts at the Education ...

January 8, 2026 - It's time for John Fensterwald's annual predictions for what's in store for education in 2026. Students with disabilities are in the crosshairs of the attacks on public education. In ...

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 ...

Butrymowicz-special ed-01: Students with disabilities are more likely than their peers to be suspended for subjective infractions such as disorderly conduct and insubordination. Credit: Oliver ...

UC Berkeley data shows over 40% of disability accommodations go to students with psychological conditions, as accommodations, ...

Black students, for example, have been overrepresented in special education since 1968, when the U.S. Office for Civil Rights first began tracking school district data. The starkest disparities appear ...

In February 2009, 22-year-old Kenneth Echiche and a friend were picking cashew fruit from a tree near their small village of ...