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Many cash-strapped states have made large cuts to special education. But parents are demanding their special needs children get equal educational opportunities, and a recent Supreme Court case in Oregon may be a victory for their side. We'll look at the state of special education in New Hampshire and in America.

Guests

• Cheryl M. Jorgensen, Assistant Research Professor and Project Director at the Institute on Disability at the University of New Hampshire; she works on state and federal education policy issues, and teaches in the special education program at UNH
• Kassandra Spanos Ardinger, president of the Concord School Board
• Kathleen Murphy, director of the Division of Instruction at the New Hampshire Department of Education

We'll also hear from

• Matt Bernard, a Civics and Economics teacher at Pembroke Academy; special education students are mainstreamed into his classes
• Kirsten Murphy, Executive Director of ARCH (Autism Resources for the Community and Home) and Administrative Director for the New Hampshire Council on Autism Spectrum Disorder