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Special Education

Catalyst Chicago issue cover, published Dec 2002

Special education students in Chicago are disproportionately enrolled at low-performing high schools on the West and South Sides. These schools are overwhelmed and often unable to provide students with the services they need. Conversely, selective high schools are admitting relatively few special needs children despite mandates from the district and federal court to do so. In fact, such schools are attracting top performing students away from neighborhood schools, which are then left with a concentration of special education students. This fall, special education enrollment in CPS high schools ranges from 3 percent to 40 percent of incoming freshmen.

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Detention centers in Michigan, Delaware lead the way

By Maureen Kelleher | August 4, 2005
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Detention center school off probation

By Maureen Kelleher | August 4, 2005
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Balancing the scales for special ed

By Veronica Anderson, Editor | August 4, 2005
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By Elizabeth Duffrin | August 4, 2005
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Model inclusion at Mather High

By Elizabeth Duffrin | August 4, 2005
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Probation tally dips

By Maureen Kelleher | July 28, 2005
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