Federal government backs down from spending promise for special education

Saturday, January 3, 2009 | 4:58 p.m. CST

COLUMBIA — At 9 p.m. Thursday, learning specialist Bill Bishop left work at Oakland Junior High School after finishing a four-hour tutoring session with two students. During regular school hours, he teaches in a portable classroom, working one-on-one with students who have severe behavioral problems and have been pulled from the regular classroom.

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