special education
noun
: classes or instruction designed for students with special educational needs
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To make matters worse, while private schools take the funding, Orange County Public Schools remains on the hook for providing special education services to some of those very same charter and private school students.
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Dick Batchelor, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2026
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, 30 Dec. 2025
The new state budget brought a little bit more money for special education but not much other change.
—Alan J. Borsuk, jsonline.com, 26 Dec. 2025
Her tenure with the West Contra Costa Unified School District included three- to four-year stints as the principal at Nystrom, Wilson, Stege and Ohlone elementary schools before becoming a special education administrator and associate superintendent of business.
—Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025
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Dick Batchelor, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2026
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, 30 Dec. 2025
The new state budget brought a little bit more money for special education but not much other change.
—Alan J. Borsuk, jsonline.com, 26 Dec. 2025
Her tenure with the West Contra Costa Unified School District included three- to four-year stints as the principal at Nystrom, Wilson, Stege and Ohlone elementary schools before becoming a special education administrator and associate superintendent of business.
—Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025
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“Special education.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/special%20education. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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