special education

Schools across the country struggle to hire enough special education teachers and paraprofessionals. The shortage is so severe at one Indiana school that parents and educators worry it’s unsafe. They blame the problem on years of low pay and a reliance on inexperienced and unqualified staff.

When schools don’t have enough special education teaching assistants, it’s a problem for the whole system.

Families who participate will receive most of the state money their local public districts would have gotten to educate their children.

A new Indiana training program will prepare current educators for permits in mild or intense intervention as the state faces a shortage of special education teachers.

The Indiana State Board of Education approved a new temporary, special education teaching license designed to help schools address the special education teacher shortage.

The Indiana Senate voted 0-50 this week to kill a piece of legislation that would have changed the way special education disputes between families and schools are resolved.

Today we learn about a bill that would change how disputes around special education are handled in Indiana, specifically parts of the process related to NDA’s and which party has the burden of proof.

Karla knew something was wrong. Her daughter still couldn’t read by the time she reached the fifth grade.

Legislation that would change the way disputes between schools and families over special education services are resolved is gaining support from Indiana lawmakers.

Today we spend the hour catching up with public media reporters around the state, to dig a little deeper into their latest stories.We'll learn about the…