In Maryland, about 100,000 students-almost one in eight-are in special education classes. Do they all belong there?Longtime public-education advocate Kalman “Buzzy” Hettleman’s latest book is, “Mislabeled as Disabled: The Educational Abuse of Struggling Learners and How We Can Fight It”.Hettleman says one reason failing students end up in special ed is that they don't receive research-based instruction to help them catch up to their peers.
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