"special ed" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1989, Kathy McCoy, Changes and Choices: A Junior High Survival Guide",
          "text": "Remember that refusing special ed help at this point may mean that you go through school feeling like a failure and never catch up.",
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        "Clipping of special education."
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        "(informal) Clipping of special education."
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        "(informal) Clipping of special education."
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