Students with disabilities represent just 13 percent of the nation’s preschoolers, but a new report finds they account for three-quarters of all suspensions and expulsions. The figures come from an analysis out this month from the Center for American Progress.…

KILLEEN, Texas (KWTX) Parent educators hosted an information session Tuesday evening to give new parents a look at special education in the district. The session was inside of the Jackson Professional Learning Center. Parents were able to learn about assessment…

SOUTH PORTLAND — The number of students who are homeless or qualify for free or reduced-price meals is down this year, along with overall enrollment, Superintendent Ken Kunin reported Monday to city councilors and school board members. Meanwhile, the number…

A south suburban special education cooperative is in negotiations to buy the former Queen of Peace High School building in Burbank, officials said. The A.E.R.O. Special Education Cooperative, which provides special education services to students from 11 member districts in…

HAMDEN — The teachers union is the most recent of four unions that have voted to take furlough days to help offset a budget deficit and avoid layoffs. Superintendent of Schools Jody Ian Goeler has asked all public school employees…

The liberals need to stop standing in the way of Trump. Dick Durbin is the leading obstructionist. CARBONDALE — As immigration, tax cuts, health care and Russian meddling have taken center stage, it has been a relatively slow year in…

Signal Hill is pleased to announce that its client MetSchools, an education management company and a portfolio company of VSS, has divested its two special needs schools, Rebecca School and Aaron School. The schools were acquired by Sequel Youth and…

Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson formally claimed the system’s top post Wednesday following a string of supportive testimony from an organized group of aldermen, pastors and principals at the district’s monthly school board meeting. The board approved Jackson’s appointment…

Paradise>> Jacob Bindernagel, a 7-year-old, special-needs second grader, went to his Functional Life Skills class at Pine Ridge Elementary School one day with an iPad his family had donated to his classroom. Little did he know this would spark an…

The Emma C. Attales Middle School is working on a plan to improve its special education program after the state Department of Education identified it as a “targeted assistance program” earlier this month. The designation, which lasts three years, means…