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Students with disabilities are not getting help to address lost opportunities

  • Written by John McKenna, Associate Professor of Special Education, UMass Lowell
imageMany students with disabilities struggled when forced to learn virtually from home during the pandemic.AP Photo/Seth Wenig

Even before the pandemic hit, 98% of U.S. school districts said they didn’t have enough special education teachers to serve all the students who needed their help. During the pandemic, short-handed school districts were...

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