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  • Curie Metropolitan High School
  • Chicago, IL
  • More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Our high school has a diverse student population of approximately 3,100 students with over 95% of students being low income. Our school has a 10% Special Education population with needs in the areas of vision impairments, hearing impairments, autism, ADHD, cognitive disability, learning disability and physical disability. My classroom is a cross-categorical, self-contained classroom and consists of 10 students with multiple disabilities. My students have difficulty with reading fluency, comprehension and writing. Some of my students are non-verbal and require alternate ways to differentiate instruction.

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Our high school has a diverse student population of approximately 3,100 students with over 95% of students being low income. Our school has a 10% Special Education population with needs in the areas of vision impairments, hearing impairments, autism, ADHD, cognitive disability, learning disability and physical disability. My classroom is a cross-categorical, self-contained classroom and consists of 10 students with multiple disabilities. My students have difficulty with reading fluency, comprehension and writing. Some of my students are non-verbal and require alternate ways to differentiate instruction.

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