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Parents of students with disabilities find private school vouchers come with a catch Original

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By Pepper Stetler
| The Hechinger Report Verified
This story also appeared in WVXU CINCINNATI — The meeting with staff members of Cincinnati Christian Schools began with a prayer. Then they told Mike Grimmer and Linda Kelly that their granddaughter could no longer attend the private school. Annabelle Kelly had enrolled there three months earlier, in August 2025, in a program specifically for students who struggle in mainstream classrooms.
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The Fight for Special Education

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By Pepper Stetler
| The Nation Verified
Feature / August 11, 2026 The Fight for Special Education Students were denied special education services even before Trump began dismantling the Department of Education. This Texas family is fighting back. Illustration by Hanna Barczyk. This article appears in the September 2026 issue, with the headline “The Cost of an Inclusive Education.” In March 2020, Courtney and Spencer Morey moved to Aledo, Texas, a rapidly expanding suburb of Fort Worth, because of the stellar reputation of its schools.
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The Slow Death of Special Education Original

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By Pepper Stetler
| The Atlantic Verified
The Trump administration has taken the government shutdown as an opportunity to end federal oversight of the education services offered to more than 8 million children with disabilities in America. Last month, the Department of Education attempted to fire nearly every staff member left at the Office of Special Education Programs—an action now stuck in litigation.
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