I became a special education (special ed) teacher after 20-plus years of being a general education teacher. I wanted to work with and advocate for students with disabilities. I like my job, and my ...

Parallel Learning raised a $20M Series B funding round. The round was led by Valspring Capital, with additional capital ...

Teaching vacancies are most acute in special education due to attrition, burnout, and early retirements--workforce support is ...

In the United States, there are around 7.3 million students with disabilities, accounting for 15% of the K-12 public school population. Of these, 12% are children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)—a ...

As special education shortages intensify, Parallel Learning’s $20M raise shows how virtual services and measurable outcomes ...

Solutions to the perennial crisis of special education staffing must extend beyond training and recruiting more teachers to the more complex work of retaining educators who’ve already entered the ...

Wake County will reorganize how it serves its 22,000 special-education students amid challenges such as allegations of teacher abuse and complaints about slow service. Wake County school ...

Hayden Gilmore walked across the stage to receive his diploma in 2022 along with the rest of his peers. But unlike most of them, he returned to school for two more years after that. That’s because ...

A career in special education often starts with passion. "For many, it's more than a job," said Dr. Danny Tanguay, an academic dean of education at Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU). "It's a ...

North Carolina schools are increasingly struggling to hire and retain qualified special education teachers, leaving some students without properly trained faculty who know how to provide specialized ...