As a teacher, you want all of your students to reach their academic potential. However, not everyone learns at the same pace or in the same way. That means you need to be prepared to provide ...

Students with learning disabilities (LD) struggle with particular skills like reading, writing, or mathematics and often require additional, individualized support to fill educational gaps. A team of ...

When I was a special education teacher at Myrtle Grove Elementary School in Miami in 2010, my colleagues and I recommended that a Black girl receive special education services because she had ...

According to the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, approximately 1 in 6 children in the United States have developmental disabilities which include physical, learning, ...

The Journal of Classroom Interaction, Vol. 36/37, No. 2/1, THEME ISSUE: Negotiating Meaning in a Community of Learners (Fall 2001/Spring 2002), pp. 29-39 (11 pages) Scaffolding is positioned as a ...

Fifty years ago, Congress dramatically expanded schools’ responsibilities when it passed the nation’s primary special education law, requiring children with disabilities to receive a “free appropriate ...

Laura Lemle watched how some teachers didn’t always understand how to teach her daughter, who has nonverbal learning disability. Some were incredibly empathetic, others were not. Special education ...

This story about special education classrooms was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Terri Joyce believed ...

A school for students with developmental and learning disabilities in Tampa Bay started a transitional program to help its students enter the workforce.

This story features Beeline Reader for enhanced readability. Click to turn the feature on or off. Learn more about this technology here. “One of the greatest contributing factors to lower achievement ...

Freshman Hannah Morgan has emerged this fall as the most consistent runner on the Pima College women's cross country team. But her work in the classroom impresses coach Greg Wenneborg even more.

Many musicians with a degree in music performance share their knowledge through private teaching. Unlike our colleagues with music education degrees, we do not study learning disabilities or the signs ...