Creating Safe and Supportive Schools for Students with Disabilities During Delta
Three experts discuss the Delta variant’s impact on students with special health care needs and share what families and educators need to know.
Jessica Fregni
Writer-Editor, One Day
The Unexpected Bright Side of Special Education During the Pandemic
Virtual schooling during the COVID-19 pandemic has allowed many students receiving special education services to thrive.
Kate Blanchard
Managing Director, TFA’s Learner Variability and Special Education Initiative
There’s Something Missing in Too Many IEP Meetings
A special education attorney shares how parents and educators can transform the IEP process.
Stephanie Klitsch
Assistant Director, Education Law Program, Council for Children’s Rights
How Two Special Education Teachers Advocate for Their Students
Learn how special education teachers Becca Hahn and Patrick Kelly advocate for their students.
The TFA Editorial Team
Supporting Students of All Abilities During Disability Awareness Month and Beyond
For Disability Awareness Month, Julie Kamath (Memphis '16) reflects on working with students with disabilities from a young age to now, as a Teach For America Memphis educator.
Rewriting Ability
A Minneapolis-based publishing house is opening the door to the creative works of writers with disabilities.
Leah Fabel
Special Education Allyship In Action
Four corps members serving as special education teachers share how they promote advocacy, agency, and positive disability identity building in their classrooms.
Constant Gardeners
In D.C., educators are striving to ensure that their older students with intellectual disabilities are prepared for a vital life opportunity: a job.
Susan Brenna
Team Rhode Island Goes For Gold in the Special Olympics
The points this unified basketball team puts on a scoreboard are far from their most impressive feat. That would be the friendships made on the court.
Paula Ann Solis