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Trump administration’s layoffs would gut department overseeing special education, eliminating parents’ last resort

Trump administration’s layoffs would gut department overseeing special education, eliminating parents’ last resort The Trump administration’s latest round of layoffs has targeted over 4,000 federal workers, including 466 at the Department of Education, which would gut the department overseeing special education. A federal judge has paused the layoffs, calling them “illegal and in excess of […]

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Diversifying the special education teacher workforce could benefit US schools

Diversifying the special education teacher workforce could benefit US schools The special education teacher workforce in the US has remained predominantly white despite the increasing diversity of the student population. The proportion of special education teachers of color has been static, even as students with disabilities who are students of color have become more prevalent […]

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