A national shortage of special education teachers means many students with disabilities will enter classrooms this fall with teachers whose training is limited to a summer crash course.

A federal appeals court decision this week may open the door for families to seek damages in cases where a child’s need for special services is ignored.

Amid a national push for limits on the use of restraint and seclusion in schools, compliance remains elusive two years after Iowa implemented new rules of its own.

A fully accessible college dorm opening this week is believed to be the most user-friendly in the country for students with physical disabilities.

Families living in wealthy neighborhoods are filing more claims for private school reimbursement than those living elsewhere in the nation’s largest school district.

The family of a 17-year-old girl is suing alleging that Special Olympics Illinois told her she could not play basketball because she relies on a service dog to carry her oxygen tanks.

A switch in transportation providers is leaving special education students in Memphis riding in vehicles without seat belts and in some cases forced to wear a straitjacket-like harness.

Students in special education are nearly twice as likely to be suspended in Texas, but that trend is starting to change in schools implementing a positive approach to discipline.

A Colorado 8-year-old with disabilities is at the center of a dispute between her parents and school officials over whether or not she should repeat kindergarten again.

Just as some faiths are making inroads to include children with special needs, a group of New York families say Jewish schools and synagogues are pushing their children away.

Many children with disabilities don’t get the schooling they’re entitled to, but Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said Tuesday he’s committed to changing the status quo.

A bill that would limit restraint and seclusion in the nation’s schools is on shaky ground amid concerns over a provision barring the practices from being included in a student’s IEP.