<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/_dev-testing/2026-08-21/magazine/spring-2021/empowering-special-education-students-learn-community-classroom.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>Empowering Special Education Students to Learn in the Community of the Classroom</title><excerpt>A passion for teaching students with learning challenges helped Kristen Augustine Baldridge ’91 earn a Teacher of the Year award from the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) this year. Only 22 educators in a district with 22,000 teachers received the honor, which recognizes “expertise, success, creativity, devotion to their students and commitment to the teaching profession.”</excerpt><author/><image>
            
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