How to Use special education in a Sentence

special education

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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • His is not the only bill to highlight special education services this session.
    — oregonlive, 3 Mar. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Those that remain unfilled are mostly in hard-to-staff areas, such as special education, math and bilingual classrooms.
    — Talia Richman, Dallas News, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Ariel takes special education classes and now wears thick glasses.
    — Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The programs provide an alternative for school districts that can’t meet the needs of special education students.
    — Mike Reicher, ProPublica, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Some types of teachers – math, sciences, special education – were in short supply for years before the pandemic.
    — USA Today, 12 June 2023
  • The new cast features everyone from an aerospace technician, to a special education teacher, to a law student, to a parent coach.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Hudson said the state should spend more funds on special education and facilities for public schools rather than vouchers.
    — Neal Earley, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2022
  • The first day of school in Providence was on Wednesday, though special education services are offered year-round to students who qualify.
    — Steph MacHado, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Since 2016, Texas law gives parents the right to request video surveillance in certain special education classrooms.
    — Dallas News, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Brooks also worked as a special education paraprofessional in the Wauwatosa School District for 2 ½ years.
    — Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2024
  • In Austin, the agency has moved to install a state conservator to monitor special education.
    — J. David Goodman, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Her father was a music teacher, and her mother taught special education.
    — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2023
  • The program is designed to teach functional life skills and entry-level work skills to special education students and to support their growth into adulthood.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Michael Baffour is a high school basketball coach and special education teacher.
    — Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Not only do these numbers point to a need for special education attention on these three topics, but larger external trends do as well.
    — Shyam Pradheep, Forbes, 17 July 2023
  • Brittany, who is white, teaches special education; Derrick, who is Black, is a personal banker at Wells Fargo.
    — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Avent said the school is meeting those conditions and has taken steps such as hiring a new head of special education and a new operations manager.
    — Maya Lora, Baltimore Sun, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Four months later, a special education kindergarten teacher was suspended for refusing to take down a Pride flag.
    — Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2024
  • The Blueprint is designed to increase teacher pay and spending per pupil for special education and English language learners.
    — Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2022

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