Schools across the U.S. have pre-planned emergency preparedness protocols for what to do in the event of emergencies such as active shooter threats, fires and natural disasters. But disabled students, ...

Gisele Zavala, an eighth-grader from Snellville, Ga., says that wheelchair sports changed her life. Zavala has spina bifida, a neural tube defect; the mean kids at school called her a cripple. Before ...

Charter schools are enrolling a smaller portion of special-education students than traditional public schools, The Wall Street Journal reports, citing a congressional study released Tuesday. The ...

Many parents want to find schools where their children will thrive. But for parents of children with disabilities, the stakes of finding a good school cannot be higher. Parents’ concerns range from ...

He can park anywhere in the state of Illinois- except his own high school. A 16-year-old Burlington student got a state issued handicap parking pass after sustaining a soccer injury last year, but his ...

Back in February 2019, when I was an eighth grader, I and hundreds of other nervous students toured my future Chicago high school. My tour had one major difference though. Since I use an electric ...

“Charter schools accept the majority of their students in gateway grades. If you start in a charter school and you leave that charter school, for whatever reason, the chance that you’d find yourself ...

New York City’s education chief is making a pitch to parents of disabled students who have left the public school system: Give us a second chance. The chancellor, David Banks, on Monday announced a ...