According to the Advocacy Institute, a nonprofit focused on improving the lives of people with disabilities, the U.S. is on pace to see the number of students with disabilities, ages 3-21, jump by about 1 million students between 2021 and 2025. Pre-K-12 grade schools gained 539,617 students eligible for Individuals…
Proposals in at least five states (Oklahoma, Indiana, Texas, Tennessee and New Jersey) are challenging a long-established legal precedent that guarantees a free public education to children regardless of their immigration status as they either seek to block students who lack permanent or temporary legal status from attending public schools…
On March 5, 2025, the nation’s largest educator union filed suit to challenge the U.S. Department of Education’s(USDE) directive to cease diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). The lawsuit is in response to a strict Feb. 14 Dear Colleague letter (DCL) that educators and education policy experts worried would severely curb student…
In one of her first orders of business, On March 5, 2025 U.S. Department of Education (USDE) Secretary Linda McMahon has opened an Office for Civil Rights (OCR) investigation of the District of Columbia Public Schools for alleged failures to meet the needs of students with disabilities. The investigation will…
On March 3, 2025, three teacher preparation groups filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland seeking to overturn funding cuts to teacher training programs that were made by the U.S. Department of Education (USDE). The plaintiffs (American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, National Center…
Measles infections in several states have school and health officials concerned as fears grow of possible widespread outbreaks. The potentially fatal disease had been declared eradicated in the U.S. in 2000. Sadly, vaccine skeptics, fed by misinformation by conspiracy theorists, have caused vaccination rates to decline, causing complacency and raising…
Over 100 education organizations have sent a letter to Congress urging the urging lawmakers to order the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) to reinstate canceled federal grants that sought to address the shortage of qualified educators in K-12 schools,. The letter is in response to a $600 million cut to…
On Monday, March 3, 2025. Linda McMahon was confirmed as the new U.S. Secretary of Education. Her first order of business will be the downsizing and possible elimination of the U.S. Department of Education (USDE). McMahon's confirmation was on the same date that USDE workers were given an opportunity to…
On February 28, 2025, the U.S. Department of Education’s (USDE) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released a frequently asked questions document to answer anticipated questions that may be raised in response to the Dear Colleague Letter: Title VI of the Civil Rights Act in Light of Students for Fair Admissions…
On March 3, 2025, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., published a policy statement in the Federal Register that rescinds the current policy (also known as the Richardson Waiver) of requiring new rules and regulations to be open to public comment before they…
