special education
noun
: classes or instruction designed for students with special educational needs
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The group proposed giving greater weight to financial data and to how schools serve special education and English language learner students, increasing those categories to 35% and 25% of the overall evaluation, respectively.
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Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
This especially applies to our special education teachers, many of whom carry increasingly unsustainable case loads.
—Mercury News Editorial Board, Mercury News, 27 May 2026
According to the newspaper, the students were heading to Richtpunt campus Buggenhout, a special education school under a mile away from where the railroad crossing is located.
—Adam England, PEOPLE, 26 May 2026
There are a litany of concerns about its use, especially in special education, which is highly regulated.
—Jonaki Mehta, NPR, 20 May 2026
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Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
This especially applies to our special education teachers, many of whom carry increasingly unsustainable case loads.
—Mercury News Editorial Board, Mercury News, 27 May 2026
According to the newspaper, the students were heading to Richtpunt campus Buggenhout, a special education school under a mile away from where the railroad crossing is located.
—Adam England, PEOPLE, 26 May 2026
There are a litany of concerns about its use, especially in special education, which is highly regulated.
—Jonaki Mehta, NPR, 20 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for special education
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“Special education.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/special%20education. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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