special education
noun
: classes or instruction designed for students with special educational needs
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For example, one special education teacher in the district receives a stipend of $29,000 per year through the incentive program.
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Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Nov. 2025
One of the agency’s roles is to serve as a hotline for questions about complicated funding formulas, special education laws and more.
—Collin Binkley, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2025
Rodriguez closed the day care and went on to work for the local school district, earning a degree in psychology while working in special education and then at the district’s child-development center, formulating strategies for kids who struggled with discipline or classwork.
—Lauren Hilgers, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
During the 43-day shutdown, the education department furloughed nearly 87% of its 2,447 employees and issued layoff notices to hundreds more, including nearly all of the workers in the Department of Education’s special education division and many at the department’s Office of Civil Rights.
—Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 23 Nov. 2025
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Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Nov. 2025
One of the agency’s roles is to serve as a hotline for questions about complicated funding formulas, special education laws and more.
—Collin Binkley, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2025
Rodriguez closed the day care and went on to work for the local school district, earning a degree in psychology while working in special education and then at the district’s child-development center, formulating strategies for kids who struggled with discipline or classwork.
—Lauren Hilgers, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
During the 43-day shutdown, the education department furloughed nearly 87% of its 2,447 employees and issued layoff notices to hundreds more, including nearly all of the workers in the Department of Education’s special education division and many at the department’s Office of Civil Rights.
—Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 23 Nov. 2025
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“Special education.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/special%20education. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.
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