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 was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. When Bethany Jolliffe started ...

The Down Syndrome Association of Greater Toledo is honoring educators for making classrooms more inclusive. Three educators ...

A teacher works with a student at Westmoor Elementary in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. The district is one of the first to adopt a statewide initiative to improve inclusion in classrooms. Credit: Jackie ...

I saw a video where a teacher said there’s no difference anymore between special education and general education. Can you ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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Growing up with a name that is not easy for everyone to pronounce, I struggled to feel recognized and included in classrooms where teachers did not learn my name. In the past, I had grown accustomed ...

This article is part of a three-article series dedicated to harnessing powerful technology for powerful learning. In the articles, we share the perspectives of HP Teaching Fellows. Read the other ...