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Comparing Validity and Reliability in Special Education Title II and IDEA Data
Content type: Journal Article
Previous researchers have found that special education teacher shortages are pervasive and exacerbated by federal policies regarding “highly qualified” teacher requirements. The authors examined special education teacher personnel data from 2 federal data...
Explaining the Decline in Special Education Teacher Employment From 2005 to 2012
Content type: Journal Article
Demand for special education teachers grew continuously from the passage of Public Law 94-142 in 1975 through 2005, when this trend reversed. From 2005 to 2012, the number of special education teachers employed by U.S. schools declined by >17%. The primary...
Special Educators’ Working Conditions in Self-Contained Settings for Students With Emotional or Behavioral Disorders: A Descriptive Analysis
Content type: Journal Article
Special education teachers (SETs) who teach students with emotional or behavioral disorders (EBD) in self-contained settings are often less qualified, more stressed and burned out, and more likely to leave teaching than other SETs, resulting in a less...
Legislative Advocacy for Special Educators
Content type: Journal Article
Legislative advocacy is a skill special educators should develop in order to advocate on behalf of their students, their profession, and themselves across local, state, and federal levels. Advocacy may seem like a daunting task at first, but special...
Special Education Teacher Quality and Preparation: Exposing Foundations, Constructing a New Model
Content type: Journal Article
The authors trace changes in conceptions of special education teacher quality and preparation in response to developments in special education research, policy, and practice. This developmental arc is a backdrop for understanding contemporary special...