Special ed programs in public schools plagued by staffing shortages: Experts
Special education experts tell Fox News Digital what can account for staffing shortages in the field, and offered possible solutions.
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Special education experts tell Fox News Digital what can account for staffing shortages in the field, and offered possible solutions.
About seven million students with disabilities were unable to access special education services. As in-person learning returns, parents are eager to regain the missed lessons through compensatory education.
Special education services were severely disrupted when schools closed in spring 2020. In many places, they have yet to fully resume. Now, families are demanding schools take action.
Listen • 6:54 Chrystal Bell lives in New York City with her son Caleb, who is deaf, blind and nonverbal. When the pandemic closed schools, he lost access to tactile special education that he needs in order to learn. Special education services were severely disrupted when schools closed in spring 2020. In many places, they have yet to fully resume. Now, families are demanding schools take action. Roughly 7 million children in the U.S. receive special education services under a decades-old federal law — or did, until the pandemic began. Many of those services slowed or ...