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Joanne Jacobs
Oct 232 min read
Making money matter: More kids in special ed doesn't improve reading
Schools got $190 billion in emergency funding during the epidemic, write Marguerite Roza, director of Georgetown's Edunomics Lab, and...
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Joanne Jacobs
Aug 72 min read
Special ed labeling, spending soar -- but it doesn't seem to help students
Spending more on special ed doesn't lead to better outcomes. Teaching reading well does.
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Joanne Jacobs
Aug 10, 20231 min read
Special-ed numbers doubled in 40 years: Are 20% of New York kids really disabled?
Fifteen percent of K-12 students are in special education, nearly double what it was in the late '70s, according to a Pew Research Center...
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