More than 7.5 million American students have disabilities that qualify them for individual education plans. But teachers trained in this critical area are in short supply. Special education teachers ...

That’s why Pennsylvania’s Attract-Prepare-Retain initiative—which personalizes mentoring and support for special education ...

Special education staffing strategies often focus on recruiting and training new teachers in the specialty, but those efforts alone aren’t enough to address shortages in the high-demand field.

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 ...

Mikeie Reiland is a staff writer for Education at Forbes Advisor. Before coming to Forbes Advisor, he wrote magazine journalism for publications like the Oxford American, Bitter Southerner, and Gravy.

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Springfield Public Schools has announced two leadership changes that involve three elementary schools. Erica Rosenbaum, principal of Bissett Elementary, has been named the next principal of McBride ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York City is working to reimagine special education in public schools in response to a new report released Wednesday by an advisory council tasked to gather input and provide ...

In MaryMargaret Fuller’s classroom at Sitton Elementary School in Portland’s St. Johns neighborhood, all eyes are on the moon. Or more precisely, on the space race and how the third graders feel about ...