Education Department staff cuts could limit options for families of kids with disabilities
For parents of kids with disabilities, advocating for their child can be complicated, time-consuming - and expensive.
How school systems can honor the human rights of people with disabilities
In Canada, ongoing advocacy efforts from disabled communities have resulted in an evolution of education over time. Generally ...
What the Education Department layoffs could mean for students with disabilities
The layoffs are the first step toward dismantling the department, a goal espoused by President Donald Trump and his education ...
The Education Department was created to ensure equal access. Who would do that in its absence?
As the Trump administration moves to dismantle the Education Department, officials have suggested other agencies could take ...
Texas-led lawsuit threatens rights of students with disabilities, advocates say
At the heart of the conflict is a fight over adding gender dysphoria to the list of conditions to be accommodated with disability services in schools.
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Students with disabilities struggle to get an education that meets their needs
Federal law guarantees students with disabilities access to an appropriate public education but it often falls to a family to make sure a child gets the most effective schooling.
Education Department layoffs gut its civil rights office, leaving discrimination cases in limbo
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department’s civil rights branch is losing nearly half its staff in the Trump ...
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NYC schools get $2 billion from Washington. What’s at risk if Trump defunds the Education Dept.?
New York City parents and school leaders are fearful that President Donald Trump’s administration could cut into the roughly ...
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Colorado disability rights organizations speak out against sweeping cuts to US Department of Education
Disability Law Colorado says the move will strip essential protections for students with disabilities and weaken enforcement of civil rights laws like the ADA, IDEA, and Section 504.