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Why I made an app to document the seclusion and restraint of special education students

  • Written by Gabriela Marcu, Assistant Professor of Information, University of Michigan
A research assistant demonstrates an app designed to document what takes place in special education classrooms.Gabriela Marcu, Author provided

School districts are failing to accurately report when their most vulnerable students are being physically restrained or secluded. That’s according to a June 2019 report from the Government...

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