How to Use special education in a Sentence
special education
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But the district is in the throes of a special education staffing crisis.
— Cory Turner, NPR, 15 May 2024 -
As of late August, there were about a dozen D204 jobs not yet filled, most of them in special education.
— Rafael Guerrero, chicagotribune.com, 3 Sep. 2021 -
Down the carpeted hallways, past the sixth- and seventh-grade wings, past the special education area and the library.
— Steven Rich, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2023 -
The third boy was named as an assisted witness to the alleged rape, and placed in a special education program.
— Gabrielle Nolin, NBC News, 20 June 2024 -
Luke didn’t have a qualified special education teacher for most of the last school year.
— Jake Karalexis, Fox News, 14 Aug. 2022 -
Dewayne set out on the first walk in 2021 to raise money for a special education teacher in Texas who was battling cancer.
— Emily Krauser, Peoplemag, 23 Dec. 2023 -
Her first 16 years of work were with special education students.
— Cynthia Howell, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2021 -
Joyce, 36, is a special education teacher and Oceanside Unified School District board member who has lived in the city for 13 years.
— Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2022 -
In fact, Martinez, the special education teacher and most distinguished runner on the team, set out to finish first.
— Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Dec. 2023 -
Third, the state should increase special education weights to more fully and fairly serve all learners.
— David C. Banks, New York Daily News, 27 July 2024 -
Code Can Bridge will try to attract special education teachers who are interested in code and want to pass it on to their students.
— Steven Aquino, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2023 -
Joyce, a special education teacher and Oceanside Unified School District trustee, took the oath of office with his two children at his side.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Dec. 2022 -
Many of the teacher openings there are in special education, which districts across the country have struggled to staff for years — even before the pandemic.
— Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2022 -
Right now the school only has one special education teacher.
— Alex Baumhardt, oregonlive, 26 Aug. 2022 -
The artist worked as a graphic designer in both New York City and Dayton before teaching special education and art.
— cleveland, 21 Mar. 2022 -
His is not the only bill to highlight special education services this session.
— oregonlive, 3 Mar. 2023 -
The prekindergarten children scored higher on the ACT college readiness test and were 45% less likely to be placed in special education programs.
— From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2021 -
After being told the school could not provide a full-time special education teacher for them, Shaffer sought other ways to help.
— Brieanna J. Frank, The Arizona Republic, 10 Apr. 2022 -
His mother, a special education teacher, took him and his two younger sisters to marches and protests – from workers’ rights rallies to teacher strikes – from a young age.
— oregonlive, 7 Feb. 2023 -
His mother works as a special education teacher at Trabuco Hills and his dad is still in the shipping business.
— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024 -
The union has been negotiating with the school district for a new contract, but both sides have yet to come to an agreement about class size, special education caseloads, health care policies and salary.
— Aubrey Gelpieryn, CBS News, 24 Oct. 2023 -
Wisconsin already has lots of school choice: four voucher programs (one each for Milwaukee, Racine, the rest of the state, and special education students).
— Alan J. Borsuk, Journal Sentinel, 3 Oct. 2022 -
Parks, 27, a special education teacher in Springfield, Illinois, was about 18 weeks pregnant and had been feeling very sick with a fever for days, but tests for Covid and strep came back negative.
— Anne Thompson, NBC News, 15 Aug. 2024 -
Concurrently the state would tap a special education reserve fund for $8.5 billion shore up the state budget.
— Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 22 May 2024 -
About 990 special education students will also be without a ride for the first day, officials said.
— William Lee, chicagotribune.com, 29 Aug. 2021 -
Olathe, Yeager said, has moved nearly $100 million from its general fund to cover special education in the past three years.
— Sarah Ritter, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024 -
If special education services worsen, the costs could run even higher.
— Troy Closson, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2023 -
The school is also home to 30 special education students, and for them, transitioning to a new school will bring added difficulties.
— Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Nov. 2022 -
The report found children were subjected to similar abuses and the jail failed to provide special education services to 17-year-old boys and girls in custody.
— N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024 -
In essence, an IEP is put together by a team of teachers, specialists, and yes, parents, that serves as the roadmap along which a special education student’s educational journey will travel.
— Steven Aquino, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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