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

The Hechinger Report

The goal of the class is to introduce students to technology. In addition to designing and racing cars, students learn how to use graphic design software under the instruction of a special education teacher.

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Georgia program for children with disabilities: ‘Separate and unequal’ education?

The Hechinger Report

Ten years later, the couple sat across a wooden table from Caleb, now 16, a high school dropout and, as of September, survivor of a suicide attempt. The truth of it is, we know how to educate these kids. The truth of it is,” Zimring continued, “we know how to educate these kids. But he described science at school as “boring.”