The number of students in special education in the United States has doubled over the past four decades, with schools responsible for providing special services to a growing segment of their student ...

Susan Popkin has a brother-in-law who was kept out of traditional education until high school. David Bateman has a brother-in-law who couldn’t enroll for the first 17 years of his life. These stories ...

Pop quiz: How many times has the federal government fulfilled its original commitment to supply 40 percent of the average per-pupil expenditure to pay for the costs of special education? Answer: Never ...

The Houston Chronicle asked four special education advocates, parents and experts to help decode Texas' often-confusing and ever-changing special education system for parents. Those panelists covered ...

The newly-proposed special education funding formula, a weighted formula based on student need, would cost the state an estimated additional $1.28 billion to fully adopt. The framework is called the ...