special education
noun
: classes or instruction designed for students with special educational needs
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Moving Waukesha East and Waukesha Transition Academy, which helps special education students ages 18-21, to Lowell Elementary School.
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Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Still, special education has the greatest shortage of teachers nationally, followed by science and math, according to a report by the Learning Policy Institute.
—Tory Basile, IndyStar, 7 Oct. 2025
The policy prescriptions at hand should be around increasing Medicaid access and high quality intervention services through programs like Head Start, not cutting $1 trillion dollars in public health insurance, and tens of millions of dollars in special education and early intervention grants.
—Dr. Sunny Patel, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
The Olathe School District previously told The Star Barrett was a special education paraprofessional from 2003 to 2005 and later from August 2009 to May 2023.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2025
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Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Still, special education has the greatest shortage of teachers nationally, followed by science and math, according to a report by the Learning Policy Institute.
—Tory Basile, IndyStar, 7 Oct. 2025
The policy prescriptions at hand should be around increasing Medicaid access and high quality intervention services through programs like Head Start, not cutting $1 trillion dollars in public health insurance, and tens of millions of dollars in special education and early intervention grants.
—Dr. Sunny Patel, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
The Olathe School District previously told The Star Barrett was a special education paraprofessional from 2003 to 2005 and later from August 2009 to May 2023.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Special education.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/special%20education. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.
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