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Special Education Teacher Crisis in Profile

During the 1998-99 school year, there were:

  • 387,284 special education teaching positions
  • 39,466 of these positions were filled with uncertified teachers

pie chart showing 10% of special education teachers in 1998-99 were not fully certified.

Source: Twenty-third Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 2001, Tables AC1-2.


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