Graph B Danielle M. Kovach b , EdD, is a third-grade special education teacher at Tulsa Trail School and adjunct professor for special education at Centenary University in New Jersey. On August 10, 1922, Elizabeth Farrell and a group of people interested in education for all types of children with exceptionalities met together in New York City to organize an association for special education. I'll never forget the day that my mom said to me, "You know, you would make a great special education teacher.".