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San Francisco's special education classes disproportionately filled with minority students

Special education
In Rachel Kayce’s classroom at Dianne Feinstein Elementary, students illustrate cards depicting their dreams. “I want to be on Broadway one day.” “My goal is to be a soccer player.” “I will follow directions the first time I’m told.” As that final dream suggests, this is no everyday classroom. It’s a special day class for third- through fifth-graders considered “emotionally disturbed,” a category within special education. Read More

Judicial nominee Goodwin Liu hearing postponed

The Senate Judiciary Committee's confirmation hearing for controversial Berkeley professor Goodwin Liu, scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, has been postponed. The Senate has been embroiled in the fight over reconciliation "fixes" to the Democrats' national health care plan, and Republicans have raised the so-called "two-hour" rule to slow down some Senate activities. Read More
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