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Connecticut Is Building a Special Education Teacher Pipeline. Can Your School Plug Into It?
A $4.7 million federal grant will pay for special education apprenticeships. It’s written around school districts, and no one has said yet whether charter schools, independent schools, or private special education programs can take part.
Progress on One Front, a Widening Gap on Another: Two July Reports Schools Should Read
Federal data shows real gains in including students with disabilities, even as the oversight behind that progress is being dismantled. New Connecticut numbers show who is still being left out of college. Both reports ask the same question: does the system deliver equal opportunity, or reproduce the gaps it inherits?
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