The U.S. Department of Education announced today the award of $9.2 million in grants to nine states to improve personnel training systems to help children with disabilities.

Families of Disabled Children Sue Texas Over Medicaid Cuts

Relatives of children with disabilities are joining therapy providers in a lawsuit against the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, weeks before the agency is scheduled to slash payments to a therapy program for the poor.

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Special Education is Backsliding in Hawaii, Teachers and Advocates Say

Despite increases in funding and numerous efforts at reform, students with disabilities are falling farther behind their mainstream peers.

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CPS could free 25 schools from network oversight

As Mayor Rahm Emanuel promised in his recent re-election campaign, Chicago Public School principals who’ve already proven they’re running a top school are getting a chance to lose a layer of bureaucracy over them.

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Special education funding dries up for some kids in kindergarten

Some of Indiana’s students with special needs are not receiving the help they need, and it’s mostly because of the state’s narrow age range during which kids can be diagnosed as falling behind their peers.

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