According to the National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools, students with disabilities make up about 10.6 percent of the charter school population, compared with 12.5 percent of the population in traditional public schools—but the rate differs by the...

The disability community is full of acronyms. Acronyms are, of course, used in order to abbreviate names or phrases, but if you don't know what the acronyms mean, it may be difficult to fully understand writings or conversation. The Center for Parent Information &...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families (ACF) will be hosting NRCEC 2018 on June 25–27, 2018 in Arlington, Virginia. According to HHS, the conference will present the latest research surrounding child care, Head...

The IES-funded National Center on Assessment and Accountability for Special Education (NCAASE) has begun a new series called "Did You Know?" Periodically, the center will release a reader-friendly, one-page summary (DYK) of timely research completed by NCAASE...

Barrio, Brenda L. Rural Special Education Quarterly, v36 n2 p64-72 Jun 2017 Abstract Research suggests that disproportionate representation of culturally and linguistically diverse students in special education has been a recurring topic of concern in the field of...