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WHAT HAPPENS IN AN OKLAHOMA COURTROOM SHOULD NOT BE A MYSTERY6:15 PM CTOklahoma’s public education industry has created its own special purgatory, and it has only itself to blame7:58 PM CTBroken Trust: Because Trust Requires Accountability1:50 PM CTPart 1 — From Mainstreaming to Full Inclusion: What Changed?1:49 PM CTWhen Inclusion Became the Goal: What Happened to the Continuum of Special Education?1:48 PM CTWHAT HAPPENS IN AN OKLAHOMA COURTROOM SHOULD NOT BE A MYSTERY6:15 PM CTOklahoma’s public education industry has created its own special purgatory, and it has only itself to blame7:58 PM CTBroken Trust: Because Trust Requires Accountability1:50 PM CTPart 1 — From Mainstreaming to Full Inclusion: What Changed?1:49 PM CTWhen Inclusion Became the Goal: What Happened to the Continuum of Special Education?1:48 PM CT
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