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Vermont students now can more easily qualify for special education services. A rule change went into effect July 1 that opens eligibility for students presenting deficits in functional skills.
This severe lack of special education staff has made it difficult to staff specialized classrooms, to manage Open Choice ...
Who qualifies? Special education is designed to ensure students with disabilities can have their educational needs met, according to the U.S. Department of Education.
Education Jan 27. What’s driving a special education teacher shortage and how schools are responding. By John Yang, Claire Mufson, Lana Green ...
New complaints follow years of a worsening shortage of special education teachers that's leaving schools without qualified faculty and students without properly provided services.
Takeaways There’s a steady increase in special education students in Kansas public schools. Districts are struggling to find qualified special education teachers. Emporia State University is seeing ...
The Education Freedom Scholarship program opened applications on May 15 for families to secure vouchers for the 2025-26 school year. In a May 13 news release from the Tennessee Department of ...
The inaugural cohort of a special education certification program at the Guam Department of Education consists of nine GDOE teachers including, from left, V’lyssa Sana, Pinar Kang, Evangeline ...
However, students receiving special education services statewide account for nearly 15% — more than 82,000 children in the 2023-24 school year. For some districts, that percentage is even higher.
“It’s a direct response to the urgent need for qualified special educators and a continuation of our mission to transform lives through education.” It comes at a time of teacher shortages locally and ...
Denton ISD parents allege special education discrimination 03:12. NORTH TEXAS — Some Denton ISD parents are addressing the treatment of their children receiving special education services ...
The overall number of students using special education services has grown from about 110,000 to 150,000 in the last 10 years. That’s about 18% of the state’s public school student population.