The 74 Jenny Thamer had low hopes for the meeting called by the superintendent of the Boulder Valley School District to hear from families of autistic students. From her experience, such so-called listening sessions are often pro forma events, staged more to assuage...
WRDR Georgia school districts are spending hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars on legal battles to fight parents of disabled children over special education evaluations. District records, uncovered by Atlanta News First Investigates, reveal proceedings have more...
CBS New York New York City public schools will open their doors to students Thursday to begin a new academic year, but thousands of students with special needs and their families are questioning how they're going to get there. According to the organization Advocates...
KERA News Texas is trying to do a better job of including young children with disabilities in classrooms alongside their peers. Federal law already requires schools to educate children with disabilities alongside children without disabilities whenever appropriate. But...
EdSource Brittney Camacho was in disbelief after she received the call from the Visalia Police Department in Tulare County in September 2025. An officer told her something that her children could not — that they may have been the victim of physical abuse. The alleged...
News 8 Comptroller Sean Scanlon said Connecticut’s underlying system for special education is “truly broken” in a budget surplus update Tuesday, highlighting staffing shortages, rising rates of out-of-district and out-of-state placements, and strains on district...
Houston Chronicle Marissa Gonzalez was one of the first parents in Texas to receive funding from the state’s $1 billion private school voucher program. Her two children have dyslexia, and their family income is below 500% of the poverty level, putting them in the...
News 3 Special education classrooms face unique challenges every day, and there's a renewed push to improve safety for students and staff. These classrooms have some of the most vulnerable students and, in some cases, behavioral challenges. There's now a call for more...
Chattanooga Times Free Press A top committee of Tennessee educators wants lawmakers to include special education prekindergarten students in the state's public school funding formula. The recommendation follows pleas from school boards and superintendents who say...