Many students with disabilities can make significant academic progress in general education classrooms when provided with the right support. Credit: bymuratdeniz/Getty Images The Hechinger Report ...

Growing up, I was always taught to be inclusive to everyone, especially my classmates who I would see every day. My godbrother has autism, and being inclusive has always been important to me because I ...

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 ...

On a recent school day in Del Norte County, Calif., in one of the state's northernmost school districts, 17-year-old Emma Lenover sits at home on the couch. In some ways, Emma is a typical teen. She ...

After spending most of his first year in elementary school in a classroom only for students with significant disabilities, Terri Joyce’s son has enjoyed learning in a classroom that includes students ...

Students with certain disabilities are often excluded from general education classrooms. Two children with Down syndrome show what can be gained from more inclusion. More and more students with ...

Louisiana Key Academy Charter Specialty School students. How ludicrous would it be to hear: “My cancer doctor gives every patient the same treatment, regardless of whether the cancer is colon, breast, ...

If the U.S. Department of Education disappears, millions of students with disabilities will face even greater barriers to getting the education they deserve. They are our neighbors, classmates, ...

Children with disabilities are getting swept up in the Trump administration’s crusade against diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and its push to end the Education Department, advocates say. So far, ...