Indiana desperately needs special ed teachers
In special education classrooms across Indiana, it's a math problem with no easy answer. "It's really hard to find enough people to hire," said Ale...
In special education classrooms across Indiana, it's a math problem with no easy answer. "It's really hard to find enough people to hire," said Aleksandra Anderson, a writer for Chalkbeat, a nonprofit organization that covers education. Load Error Anderson found the number of working special education teachers in Indiana dropped 4% from 2014 through 2021, while the number of students in special education grew by 12%. A state job bank lists over 140 open positions. "What we're doing right now is stretching the people that we have very thinly, and that's wearing on them," said Angie Balsley, a special education administrator in Franklin.