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After a two-year pilot phase, changes to the teaching of special education students are coming to almost all the schools in the massive New York City public school system. The theme of the reforms is inclusion, both on the individual school level and systemwide. While many of the details and mechanics are still unclear, and will differ from school to school, education officials say a successful special education program will be one that demonstrates flexibility and as much integration as an individual student can handle, based on his or her particular challenges.

Shael Polakow-Suransky, the city?s chief academic officer, said he wanted to see fewer ?self-contained? classes, which he termed ?an academic death sentence? for many special needs students, and more mixed classes of nondisabled and disabled children.

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