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Definitions

special education

[spesh-uhl ej-oo-key-shuhn] / ˈspɛʃ əl ˌɛdʒ ʊˈkeɪ ʃən /

NOUN

education for those with special needs

Synonyms

WEAK

compensatory education learning disability education remedial education special ed special needs education

Example Sentences

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“We don’t want to strike,” said Charmell Lee, a special education assistant and a member of Local 99.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Lynch, a former non-league football manager and founder of special education school NexGen Academy, was said to have suffered serious injuries to his eye.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

San Diego on Friday averted a one-day teachers strike planned later this month over union demands for more special education staffing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

He was adopted at birth “by a Kansas-born musician-producer and ... a special education teacher who immigrated to the US from Cuba as a child in the 1960s.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2026

There was already a special education class in the school, but Charlie became the first kid with Down syndrome to attend Montgomery Middle.

From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya