States are no strangers to classroom standards. Under the No Child Left Behind Act, signed into law in 2002, the federal government required states to create teacher standards and place highly ...

Our public schools have a hard time dealing with autistic students mainstreamed into the general education classroom. I know this because I have a 12-year-old autistic son in sixth grade, and my wife ...

This morning, I read an article online at Education Week titled, "Where Are the Autism Teaching Competencies?" (1) This commentary calls attention to the fact that only a few states have set forth ...

(WBIR) - Public school systems across the nation are rethinking special education, as the number of children diagnosed with autism continues to rise. Currently, those students get what's called an ...

In a world first, breakthrough research from La Trobe University has shown that toddlers with autism are just as capable of learning important life skills through early-intervention delivered in ...

Autism diagnoses have nearly doubled in the last 10 years. About six of every 1,000 children are now diagnosed with some form of autism, according to statistics from the Centers for Disease Control ...

This morning, I read an article online at Education Week titled, "Where Are the Autism Teaching Competencies?" (1) This commentary calls attention to the fact that only a few states have set forth ...

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Like thousands of Central Florida parents and guardians, Maria Baez said she is concerned about her grandson‘s return to in-person learning this month. Her grandson, Christian Diaz, 8 ...