special education

A WFYI analysis shows that Paramount charter schools suspended students with disabilities about three times more often than the state average.

Most Indiana districts and charter schools disproportionately suspend students in special education in the 2024-25 academic year.

The U.S. Education Department's Office for Civil Rights investigates discrimination in schools. It recently lost more than 40% of its staff.

Most Indiana districts and charter schools disproportionately suspend students in special education.

Children who receive special education services were suspended more than twice as often from school as compared to their peers during the last academic year.

All $10 million budgeted for Indiana's Education Scholarship Account is spoken for this school year.

A new Indiana law was promoted by a WFYI investigation that found that some schools aren’t accurately reporting how often they forcibly isolate and restrain students.

Legislation intended to help families of students with disabilities navigate disputes over special education services with Indiana school districts appears to have failed in the General Assembly.

Legislation now at the Statehouse was inspired by a WFYI investigation into the lack of accountability on the use of restraint and seclusion of students at local schools.

This year, WFYI reporters tackled complex education investigations and explainers in audio and written reports