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, ...

A prominent professor of special education is about to ignite a fierce debate over a tenet of his field, that students with disabilities should be educated as much as possible alongside their peers in ...

For the past 25 years, U.S. policy has urged schools to keep students with disabilities in the same classrooms with their general education peers unless severe disabilities prevent it. It seems a ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook In 2013, the Being Black at the University movement, which gained traction through the #BBUM ...

In Nebraska, with the second-highest inclusion rate in the nation for that age group, 88 percent of kids are included in general education classrooms the vast majority of their day. High exclusion ...

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