Special Education
The Trauma of Coercion: Disabled Elementary School Students and 'Isolation Boxes'
Isolation boxes have been used as punishment against students with special needs for decades. Why did it take neurotypical students being isolated for parents to collectively speak out?
Florida Demands Parents Call Their Kids 'Limited' or Lose Health Care
America's scarcity model for disability treatment is pushing parents to answer impossible questions.
The Limits of Monitoring to Reduce Abuse
Recording staff in nursing homes and special education classrooms may dodge the roots of the problem.
The Music Man
Steven Angel uses drumming to teach literacy. Across L.A., juvenile-detention centers, schools, and libraries have fallen in love with his program. But scientists say there’s no reason to believe it should work.