It’s a newer practice for Nebraska schools, and administrators are confident it will work. Amy Rhone, the state director and administrator of the Office of Special Education at NDE, said the model of ...

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Proficiency levels have gone up among special ed students kept in class with their peers. (Jackie Mader/Hechinger Report) When Bethany Jolliffe started teaching kindergarten 15 years ago, she picked ...

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 ...

After spending most of his first year in elementary school in a classroom only for students with significant disabilities, Terri Joyce’s son has enjoyed learning in a classroom that includes students ...

It’s a classroom built on compassion, confidence and community. Brother Rice teacher Mary Erdmann has built a one-of-a-kind inclusion program on the southside and it’s bringing students together in ...

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In the past year, the Nebraska Department of Education (NDE) has promoted a “journey to inclusion,” as a better way to teach students with disabilities. It’s a newer practice for Nebraska schools, and ...

Abby Taylor recently earned her doctorate in special education at Vanderbilt University, where Douglas Fuchs, the author of the controversial paper, is a professor. She is now an adjunct professor of ...