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

The Hechinger Report

He was frustrated enough by how little he was learning that he and his family were on the brink of suing the school district. Now his teacher had so little faith in his ability to learn that she was offering to help him cheat. “If Even before starting high school in 2009, Nelson knew he wanted to go to college. Weekly Update.