Beatrice Garcia credits the special education classroom assistants at Henderson Elementary in Englewood for helping her son speak. “He hasn’t been verbal,” said Garcia. “But now that he’s been with ...

Kellen Hedler is actively engaged in his fourth-grade classroom: He raises his hand to correctly answer a math question, he reads prompts out loud for the class and he gathers with classmates to watch ...

HOUSTON – Parents packed the HISD board meeting this week, demanding district leaders stop plans for special education changes for next school year. Despite the backlash, HISD leaders said the changes ...

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Houston ISD will be implementing a new approach to special education in the 2026-27 school year that district leaders say will better student and teacher experiences through reduced class sizes, ...

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 ...

A new report finds KCS restrained children and lied about it. The authors of a task force's recommendations say the Central ...