special education

Last year, as a seventh-grader at Lake Jackson Intermediate, Carolinda Acevedo struggled in class — even though she loves learning. She'd stay up late to…

From Texas Standard : In 2004, the Texas Education Agency put a limit on the percentage of students it would allow into special education programs,...

Everything in Rebekah Ozuna’s classroom is designed for the little bodies and fast-firing neurons of 3- and 4-year-olds.Tiny chairs. A carpet for story…

From Texas Standard: A federal appeals court last week affirmed that the state of Texas owes more than $30 million to the federal government after it...

The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the Texas Education Agency owes the federal government millions of dollars for failing to match a…

The Texas Education Agency has finished presenting its argument challenging a Department of Education ruling that threatens to strip millions in special…

From Texas Standard: Two years ago, the Houston Chronicle investigated how Texas had been creating the false impression that there was declining demand...

In 2004, the Texas Education Agency arbitrarily decided the state should shrink special education to 8.5 percent of the student population.After…

From Texas Standard . Based on a Houston Chronicle investigation that found the Texas Education Agency had capped access to special education services,...

Students lost out on federally guaranteed special education services in the state of Texas, the federal government finds.