Education Week

Students With Disabilities Are Spending More Time in Mainstream Classes

The number of students with disabilities who spend a substantial portion of their school day in general education classes is ...

More students with disabilities learning in general education classrooms

A GAO report finds 42 states and the District of Columbia increased the share of students with disabilities in general ...
Education Week

Disabilities No Bar to Higher Classes, OCR Tells Schools

The Department of Education’s office for civil rights has written to school district leaders, reminding them that students with disabilities are eligible to take part in advanced academic programs and ...
Yahoo

Students of color in special education are less likely to get the help they need – here are 3 ways teachers can do better

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Conversations around race and disability often get left out of schools. FG Trade/E+ via Getty Images When I was a special ...
Psychology Today

We Need to Talk About Disability in Psychology Classes

Psychology is valuable as a college major or even as a one-off elective because it teaches us about ourselves and our social world, developing psychologically literate citizens. Psychology prepares us ...
The Forward

At one JCC, new classes make it easy for adults with disabilities to tune in

Jews may be the “chosen people,” but when it comes to Jewish education, adults with disabilities have often been left out. Coinciding with Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion Month, the Marcus ...