Willing, able and forgotten
Up to 90 percent of students with disabilities are capable of graduating high school fully prepared to tackle college or a career if they receive proper support along the way. Only 65 percent graduate on time. Those who do cross the finish line often aren’t ready for the next step.
The ‘forgotten’ part of special education that could lead to better outcomes for students
Many former special education students struggle to find good-paying jobs, and high schools are partly to blame
These students are finishing high school, but their degrees don’t help them go to college
For students with disabilities, completing high school does not always lead to greater opportunity.
Special education’s hidden racial gap
Across the country, black and Latino children with special needs are far less likely to graduate than their white peers
How one district solved its special education dropout problem
Efforts to remove the stigma for students with disabilities have paid off
STUDENT VOICE: How one college student found success by “leaning in” to dyslexia
The coping strategies that work
Low academic expectations and poor support for special education students are ‘hurting their future’
Being challenged yet supported in class proves elusive for many students with disabilities
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