This comes as the school district faces a $730 million budget deficit. Chicago Public Schools officials say the changes are not about reducing costs but about doing right by students.

Providing special education teachers with consistent coaching on social-emotional learning, access to group therapy or meditation sessions and relaxation strategies could help, Boxer said.

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California’s method of funding special education will become streamlined and a little more equitable, thanks to a provision in the recently passed state budget. The 2020-21 budget fixes a decades-old ...

The Parkrose district in Oregon spent $6.3 million on special education this year—25 percent of the district’s operating budget for 16 percent of its students.

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We have safeguards — classroom accommodations and an Individualized Education Plan, or IEP, a document required by law for students who receive special education — to keep him on track.

Ask any special ed teacher and they will probably tell you that paperwork is the bane of their jobs. These three teachers at Renaissance Academy in Utah have figured out how to keep it under control.