A career in special education often starts with passion. "For many, it's more than a job," said Dr. Danny Tanguay, an academic dean of education at Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU). "It's a ...

On a cool December day at Vineland Preschool in Rio Linda, special education teacher Sher Thao gathered her six students around a table to take roll. “Look who came to school today,” Thao sang, adding ...

Public schools are struggling to fill vacancies for special education teachers. For the 2024-25 school year, 72% of public schools with special education teacher vacancies reported they'd "experienced ...

School districts across Michigan struggle to hire enough special education teachers, Detroit Superintendent Nikolai Vitti says. He’s lobbying the Michigan Department of Education to expand access and ...

Mikeie Reiland is a staff writer for Education at Forbes Advisor. Before coming to Forbes Advisor, he wrote magazine journalism for publications like the Oxford American, Bitter Southerner, and Gravy.

MICHIGAN CENTER, MI - As a “lifelong learner” herself, Michelle DuBois strives to make each student feel like they have their own unique place in her classroom. DuBois, 50, has spent nearly her entire ...

Anyone with a bachelor's degree can get real-time experience in the classroom and become a special education teacher.

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