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The Birmingham Post-Herald takes a look at the special education system in Alabama and finds that it often fails to serve the needs of the students; the series finds that more students in Alabama are labelled mentally retarded than in any other state and the state leads the nation in the number of black children labelled mentally retarded. The series also investigates other problems with the system and the various solutions that are being applied, Nov. 12 - 19, Nov. 22 - Dec. 31, 1994.