by kids1stadvocac | Sep 9, 2025 | Federal
With federal backing by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), experts in developmental science and medical social science at Northwestern University have announced the creation of a new NIH Toolbox designed to provide a nationally standardized way to measure...
by kids1stadvocac | Aug 26, 2025 | State
Portland Press Herald As more districts prepare to take over services for 3- to 5-year-olds with disabilities, a pilot program shows positive results and steep challenges ahead. Under federal law, states are required to ensure all children can successfully participate...
by kids1stadvocac | Aug 5, 2025 | Federal
Hechinger Report When Selina Likely became director of the Edwards Creative Learning Center six years ago, she knew there was one longstanding practice that she wanted to change. For as long as she had taught at the thriving child care center, it had turned away many...
by kids1stadvocac | Jul 15, 2025 | State
The 74 California is emerging as a national model for how states can better support young children with disabilities by bridging long-standing gaps between early childhood education and special education systems. The state has launched a series of initiatives aimed at...
by kids1stadvocac | Apr 15, 2025 | State
Maine Morning Star Timothy Tweedie, superintendent and principal of the Veazie Community School, said he’d seen an uptick in students entering kindergarten with unmet special education needs in recent years and wanted to get a jump on addressing that. So last year,...
