Armistead Gardens Elementary/Middle School in Baltimore is recognized for its Special Olympics inclusion efforts.

This story about special education classrooms was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Terri Joyce believed ...

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Proficiency levels have gone up among special ed students kept in class with their peers. (Jackie Mader/Hechinger Report) When Bethany Jolliffe started teaching kindergarten 15 years ago, she picked ...

When Bethany Jolliffe started teaching kindergarten 15 years ago, she picked up on what seemed like a long-standing pattern: ...

Kindergarteners play during center time at Westmoor Elementary in Scottsbluff, Neb. Teachers at the school spend time planning together to make sure they are all taking ownership and supporting ...

In preparation for current and future teaching roles, this workshop series recognizes the importance of diversity and inclusion in teaching effectiveness. To have an equitable teaching environment for ...

Terri Joyce of Cinnaminson, New Jersey, believed that her son belonged in a kindergarten classroom that included students with and without disabilities. The year before, as a 4-year-old, he happily ...

Mrs. Alvarez starts her day at 7:30 a.m. with the usual bustle: backpacks thump onto the floor, lunch boxes are unpacked, and a stack of folders marked IEP—short for Individualized Education Program, ...

Three civil rights complaints have been filed against Durango School District by a conservative-leaning nonprofit law firm relating to the district’s equity and inclusion efforts. William Trachman, ...

Abby Taylor recently earned her doctorate in special education at Vanderbilt University, where Douglas Fuchs, the author of the controversial paper, is a professor. She is now an adjunct professor of ...