N.J. is worst in America at putting kids with disabilities in regular classes. Here’s why that may change.

This story about special education classrooms was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education.

In New Jersey, fewer than half of 6- and 7-year-olds in special education spend the vast majority of their day with their classmates without disabilities. That might change, though, because a state special education advisory group has pledged to examine the issue.