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TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — Mooreville Elementary School will be one of the first schools in Lee County to shift its special education program toward remediation.
The move comes this fall. It is to help special education students get the reading skills they need.
Special Education Director Kathy Dickerson tells the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal (http://bit.ly/1NR4TCD) special education teachers have done well in helping students pass their classes.
But she says there's been a lack of remediation in deficit skills in reading.
Dickerson says the program will help the students grow their reading skills as they move from grade to grade.
She says they often remain on the same reading level for long periods of time, regardless of grade.
Of the district's 7,000 students, 1,100 of them qualify as special education.
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Information from: Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, http://djournal.com
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