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Education Week reporter Christina A. Samuels tracks news and trends of interest to the special education community, including administrators, teachers, and parents. Former Education Week special education reporter Lisa Fine is guest-blogging while Christina is on leave for the 2009-10 academic year.

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Dear Palin Education Junkies....

I can tell that I'm getting a lot of traffic to the blog from people who are Googling "Sarah Palin" and "special education" because of the rumor that the governor cut special education funding in the state. Here's my lengthy blog post on that issue.

For those of you who are visiting for the first time: feel free to check out the place and stay a while! And, in case you haven't already seen it, I also invite readers check out an article written by my colleagues Sean Cavanagh and Alyson Klein that delves more comprehensively into what we know about the governor's education record during her relatively brief time in office.


(Education Week articles are generally available to subscribers only, but the site is hosting an "open house" through Sept. 7.)

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