An attempt to ban the use of methods to physically restrain schoolchildren or confine them in seclusion rooms has failed in this year's legislature. But legislators said they will work to bring a new ...

Asher ElGeneidy (center) jumps to demonstrate the invented game his team came up with during an after-school program funded through the federal government's 21st Century Community Learning Centers ...

Before leaving office, the Obama administration is releasing a flurry of guidance related to the rights of students with disabilities in the nation’s schools. The U.S. Department of Education is ...

This story is a collaboration between ProPublica Illinois and the Chicago Tribune. Illinois schools reported putting students into seclusion at least 10,776 times in the 2017-18 school year — up more ...

Despite federal officials weighing in years ago, a new analysis finds rules surrounding restraint and seclusion of students with disabilities continue to vary from state to state. Across the country, ...

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Students with disabilities represent 12 percent of all students, but 67 percent of students who are restrained or secluded. But while federal policy governs many aspects of how to educate students in ...

Alabama schools reported students being physically restrained by school employees thousands of times -- just in one year. The most recent data is old, from the 2017-18 school year, but it is the most ...

Bravo to Gov. Susana Martinez for signing into law a bill that is a big win for children of New Mexico. House Bill 75, sponsored by representatives James Smith (R-Sandia Park) and Deborah Armstrong (D ...