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Low academic expectations and poor support for special education students is ‘hurting their future’

The Hechinger Report

Even before starting high school in 2009, Nelson knew he wanted to go to college. The goal of the class is to introduce students to technology. At 22, Nelson has a stable job as a salesperson at REI and is one semester away from finishing an associate degree in biological math and science. But it wasn’t an easy path.