Leonard Mlodinow, a physicist and father, writes In Praise of ADHD in the New York Times. Ten years ago, when my son Nicolai was 11, his...

One in 59 eight-year-olds has autism spectrum disorder, according to a new Centers for Disease Control report. The rate of autism...

all their students made the grade — not just some of them, not just the White ones and the middle-class ones.” Under No Child Left Behind...

Beth Hawkins writes about what it’s like when your child’s teachers don’t really believe he can learn. Her older son was offered learning...

Today, the anniversary of the Columbine massacre, students are being urged to walk out of school to protest school shootings, register...

When he brought a knife to San Diego’s Lincoln High School, the student’s special education team decided he wasn’t responsible because it...

Parents of children with dyslexia forced their school district to teach phonics, reports Emily Hanford on NPR. Upper Arlington, Ohio...

Discipline reform may have contributed to the violence at Douglas High School, writes Erika Sanzi, who blogs on Good School Hunting, on...

Parkland, Florida students and teachers are returning to Stoneman Douglas High this week, though not to the freshman building where a...

Affluent parents in New York City hire lawyers to sue for private-school tuition for their special-needs children, writes Jim Epstein on...

Percentage of children and youth ages 3–21 served under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) by race/ethnicity: 2014–15...

School integration is a mirage, writes RiShawn Biddle of Dropout Nation. Cambridge,Massachusetts is a “leader in school...

George Yinoulis, a fourth grader in Raleigh, N.C., made a video to explain to classmates how he lives with autism. #autism

Teachers spend less time on teaching — and more time maintaining order — if they have lots of students with disabilities in their...

Almost all students with disabilities are capable of graduating from high school on time, writes Hechinger’s Sarah Butrymowicz and Jackie...

California has a “desperate” need for special-education teachers, said Michael Kirst, president of the state board of education, at an...

Swim Team, a documentary, about three young men with autism who compete as the Jersey Hammerheads, will premiere on PBS’ POV tomorrow...

Public school officials are “using fraudulent methods to inflate graduation rates,” writes Bernard Gassaway in Education Week. He saw it...

Graduation rates have been increasing across the country, but many states will have to report lower graduation rates under the new...

College students with autism and other “neurodiverse” conditions could use the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to overturn speech...