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Thousands of families in special education limbo

Posted on December 18, 2020

Originally published December 18, 2020 by Hechinger Report
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Five people sit around a table having an IEP meeting

Disability rights advocates in multiple states are raising the alarm that, due to the challenges associated with remote learning, some school districts have slowed or completely stopped evaluating students for special education eligibility. Certain educational experts caution that remote IEP evaluations could exacerbate existing problems, such as misidentifying students from racial minorities, but say that halting evaluations completely is not a viable alternative.

Read the full story from Hechinger Report here.

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