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    This Week In Education: Supreme Court Rules On Special Ed; Senator Slams Vouchers

    Plus a bill for 'Dreamers' and a former for-profit college lobbyist leaves the Education Department.
    by Anya Kamenetz Mar 25, 2017 4 minutes
    The United States Supreme Court Building in Washington.

    No rest for the weary in our weekly roundup of national education news.

    Supreme Court rules on special education case

    "I'm thrilled," said Amanda Morin, a parent and advocate with the web site Understood.org, after the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in a case that could affect 6.5 million special education students. "Now I can actually go into a school system and say 'The Supreme Court has said, based on my child's abilities, he is legally entitled to make progress.'"

    In a Colorado family asked the district to pay for their son's private school tuition. They felt Endrew, who

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