For all the headlines proclaiming and debunking reports of a national teacher shortage, few have picked up on the issue’s third rail: Educators qualified to teach students with disabilities have been ...

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 ...

Public schools are struggling to fill vacancies for special education teachers. For the 2024-25 school year, 72% of public schools with special education teacher vacancies reported they'd "experienced ...

Special education teachers tend to have hefty workloads that can lead to stress and burnout. Principals may not be able to solve all their problems, but they can offer an important relief—emotional ...

When AJ and Tashna Morris-Daley had their second son, Luke, it was an instant love affair. "From the day he was born, I just knew he was going to be something. I still believe that,” Tashna ...

Amanda Harris is one of many teachers to have fled special education. No single incident pushed her to leave her classroom in Lexington County. Harris felt the pressure growing from all over. She ...

EdSource · Hot classrooms, leaky roofs — one student’s fight for better school facilities Like Erica, special education teachers throughout U.S. public schools have been vocal about their concerns ...

It’s no secret: Teacher jobs need filling, especially in special education. And especially in Milwaukee Public Schools, which currently has 48 open jobs for special education teachers. A new ...