by kids1stadvocac | Mar 18, 2025 | Federal
KNEB-AM 960 AM Following the Department of Education’s gutting of nearly 50% of its workforce Tuesday evening, educators have expressed deep concern — not only for students’ futures but for their own as well. Tara Kini, chief of policy and programs at the Learning...
by kids1stadvocac | Mar 11, 2025 | State
ABC7 NEWS Anacostia mother Andrea Jones said she had to fight D.C. Public Schools (DCPS) to get help for her son, who has autism spectrum disorder. “It was a lot of him just not being able to obtain the academics that he was entitled to,” she told 7News. Jones said...
by kids1stadvocac | Mar 11, 2025 | Federal
Disability Scoop The nation has a new Secretary of Education, and she’s angling to free her department from its special education obligations. The U.S. Senate voted 51 to 45 along party lines this week to confirm Linda McMahon to lead the Department of Education. The...
by kids1stadvocac | Mar 11, 2025 | Federal
PBS News Fourteen-year-old Spencer Nichols loves taking care of his farm animals at home in Macon, Georgia. It’s a break after a long school day, where he has little autonomy. Spencer has Down syndrome. Almost the entire day, he’s in a small classroom with...
by kids1stadvocac | Mar 11, 2025 | Federal
WKMS Parents of kids with disabilities are used to fighting – fighting for understanding, for acceptance, and for resources. That is why so many of them fear the possible elimination of the Department of Education. That’s the federal agency that...
