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A new study released Monday offers some of the most comprehensive and rigorous answers to the question “Does special education really work?” Chalkbeat Ideas editor Matt Barnum wrote about the results of the research, which analyzed test score data from Connecticut, Indiana, and Massachusetts. The study showed that access to special education services changed students’ academic trajectories for the better. 

The gains were “immediate, quite large, and sustained,” says Marcus Winters, lead author of the paper and a professor at Boston University.

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Researchers found students in special education made meaningful progress in math and reading after identification, offering fresh evidence that the services help many children.

King has been Chicago Public Schools’ interim CEO since last June. She faces a new set of challenges for the upcoming school year, including a projected budget shortfall.

More than 2,500 students with disabilities in Memphis-Shelby County Schools took alternate standardized tests last year, which means they can’t earn traditional diplomas.

Rising costs next school year grew to $122.9 million, a gap the district was able to close by reallocating funds, district leaders said.

NYC to launch free child care for city workers with kids as young as 6 weeks, New York Daily News (Paywall)

Mayor Mamdani expands NYC scholarship program to include undergraduate degrees, Gothamist

Opinion: Mamdani needs to give make-up services to students left behind during the pandemic, City & State (Opinion)

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