In high school, I had the honor of coaching basketball with Unified Sports, a branch of Special Olympics that works to create inclusive sports experiences for students with disabilities. I saw the ...

When Ryan Ben Alaya was in fourth grade, things seemed to be going well. He was doing well in his classes, his teachers described him as bright and motivated, and he loved going to school. But the ...

Beatrice Garcia credits the special education classroom assistants at Henderson Elementary in Englewood for helping her son speak. “He hasn’t been verbal,” said Garcia. “But now that he’s been with ...

BROOKLYN, Ohio -- For the better part of two decades, paraprofessional Patricia Volk has been working in a Brooklyn School special education classroom. Her efforts were recently recognized by the ...

Shhhh. We’re in an eighth-grade classroom at Cañon Middle School and kids are working on compound and independent and dependent clauses. Jolene Phillips circulates the room, making sure the students ...