{"id":21416,"date":"2026-10-21T11:16:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T17:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/?p=21416"},"modified":"2026-10-21T11:16:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T17:16:13","slug":"ritu-chopra-interviewed-by-the-herald-times-reporter-green-bay-press-gazette-re-special-education-resource-shortages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/2026\/10\/21\/ritu-chopra-interviewed-by-the-herald-times-reporter-green-bay-press-gazette-re-special-education-resource-shortages\/","title":{"rendered":"Ritu Chopra Interviewed by the Herald Times Reporter\/Green Bay Press Gazette re: Special Education Resource Shortages"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/click.com.ucdenver.edu\/?qs=ABp7ImQiOjUwMzAsInQiOjEwODU5LCJzIjo3fQAHAAAAAAfp1AfWHmljOM_uGb1RdVdbDI-1-K0HlXAbhVpnreQwprN-nWrcWKEaFfcAmuek9ZIjIKnMDjVQgqmH1_nUvzMB5p1T3xvIjw\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Paraprofessional, Special Ed Resource Shortages Leave Schools Struggling to Make It Work<\/u><\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>Sept. 8, 2026 |\u00a0Herald Times Reporter \/ Green Bay Press Gazette<\/h3>\n<p>Schools across Wisconsin are facing shortages of special education paraprofessionals amid rising student needs. <b>CU Denver expert Ritu Chopra<\/b> explains that staffing challenges extend nationwide as districts compete with other employers for workers. Low pay and demanding job responsibilities remain key obstacles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paraprofessional, Special Ed Resource Shortages Leave Schools Struggling to Make It Work Sept. 8, 2026 |\u00a0Herald Times Reporter \/ Green Bay Press Gazette Schools across Wisconsin are facing shortages of special education paraprofessionals amid rising student needs. CU Denver expert Ritu Chopra explains that staffing challenges extend nationwide as districts compete with other employers for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,22,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-house","category-in-the-media","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21416"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21419,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21416\/revisions\/21419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}