Families say school civil rights investigations have stalled after federal cuts
Amy Cupp hugs her daughter, G, for a portrait in her home in northern Indiana. G is 12 and has multiple disabilities. Cupp has filed…
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As special ed students are integrated more at school, teacher training is evolving
Kellen Hedler prepares to start his school day at Frontier Elementary School in Edmond, Okla. Katrina Ward for NPR hide caption toggle caption Katrina Ward…
DOGE abruptly cut a program for teens with disabilities. This student is ‘devastated’
Logan, 17 and a junior at Newton South High School, stands in his room in Newton, Mass. Logan was part of a program called Charting…
How the Education Department helps students with disabilities get an education
Kellen Hedler leads his fellow classmates at Frontier Elementary School near Oklahoma City. Kellen has Down syndrome, a genetic condition that causes a range of…
Trump says Education Department will no longer oversee student loans, ‘special needs’
The federal student loan portfolio – which manages about $1.6 trillion in loans for roughly 43 million borrowers – is currently overseen by the Education…