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Dewey, Jim; Sindelar, Paul T.; Bettini, Elizabeth; Boe, Erling E.; Rosenberg, Michael S.; Leko, Chris – Exceptional Children, 2017
Demand for special education teachers grew continuously from the passage of Public Law 94-142 in 1975 through 2005, when this trend reversed. From 2005 to 2012, the number of special education teachers employed by U.S. schools declined by >17%. The primary purpose of this investigation was to determine factors that contributed to this decline.…
Descriptors: Teacher Employment, Special Education Teachers, Incidence, Teacher Student Ratio