DMGROUP IN ACTION Rethinking Special Education Practices: Montclair Public Schools (NJ) Originally published in District Management Journal, v.14, Fall 2013 We had to acknowledge that we were serving fewer students with more resources, and we were not fully aware of how those resources were impacting outcomes. COPYRIGHT © 2013 DISTRICT MANAGEMENT GROUP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 1 The d is Tric T managemen T c ouncil | www.dmcouncil.org inside dmc Rethinking special education Practices MoNTCla IR Publ IC sChools The Challenge During a full-day data retreat, a persistent though often-neglected achievement gap once again drew the attention of Montclair Public School (MPS) leaders: students with disabilities were not performing to expectations. In fact, the achievement gap bet w

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