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

The Hechinger Report

Mark Nelson was ready to take a final during his sophomore year at Monrovia High School in Southern California in 2011. Only a third of students with disabilities who enroll in four-year colleges graduate within eight years, according to a 2011 federal study. Sign up for our newsletter. MONROVIA, Calif.