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A Fairfax woman who worked as a special-education teacher has been charged with assaulting three students at White Oaks Elementary in Burke. She is Elizabeth Yoshimi Nagagata, 62. According to ...
suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Pennsylvania faces a shortage of special education teachers. A partnership led by Gwynedd Mercy University ...
A former northwestern Mississippi teacher is facing charges after authorities say she had an inappropriate relationship with a special education student. Natalia Wright, 31, is a former special ...
Lackawanna College awarded 91 bachelor’s degrees and more than 348 associate degrees and 30 certificates at the 131st commencement in the Student Union building in downtown Scranton. Melanie ...
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Career special education teachers are frustrated after learning they won’t qualify for OSDE’s newest round of signing bonuses. “If those teachers had an incentive to ...
Jesus Perez, a special education teacher and coach at New York City's Business of Sports School, was honored with a heartfelt surprise from his students. VE Day 2025 commemorations LIVE ...
Special education advocates are split on whether two proposed bills are the best steps forward in tackling concerns about the quality of student services, cost and accountability. “Through this ...
TULSA, Okla. — On April 14, the Oklahoma State Department of Education announced they're offering special education teachers a signing bonus up to $20,000. State Superintendent Ryan Walters said ...
Jessica Williams, a sixth grade special education teacher at Capital City Public Charter School in D.C. is in the quarterfinals for "America's Favorite Teacher." (Courtesy Jessica Williams ...
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — In an effort to hire more special education teachers , the Oklahoma State Department of Education announced a new round of signing bonuses on Monday. The newest signing ...
President Donald Trump has pledged to shutter the Department of Education but also promised that students with disabilities will keep getting the services they need. Special education advocates, ...
March 21, 2025 President Trump announced Friday that the Education Department would no longer manage the nation’s $1.6 trillion student loan portfolio or supervise “special needs” programs ...