The Center for American Progress (CAP) has released a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) brief about the function of the U.S. Department of Education (ED). Succinctly captioned, the brief states that ED enhances education by offering guidance and essential support to...
EdTrust issued a brief titled How District Leaders and Advocates Can Build Parent Support for Statewide Assessments that emphasizes the need to engage parents to support districtwide annual testing. Their analysis revealed a significant disconnect between policymakers...
As the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee prepares for Thursday’s nomination hearing of Linda McMahon to serve as Secretary of Education, COPAA and disability advocates wrote and urged the HELP Committee to conduct an “informed dialogue”...
The 74 Despite the fiery rhetoric, President Donald Trump’s push to eliminate a Department of Education he accuses of abusing “taxpayer dollars to indoctrinate America’s youth” comes down, appropriately, to civics and math. First, the president cannot legally abolish...
The 74 Some state education chiefs aren’t wasting any time letting the new administration know what they want. A dozen state leaders, all from Republican-led states, wrote to Linda McMahon, President Donald Trump’s education secretary nominee, last week asking her to...
The Mercury News When the Nation’s Report Card was released last month, it reiterated a hard truth about our education system today: We are failing our students with disabilities. Students with disabilities, who make up 15% of all public school students, continue to...
The hechinger Report Screening revealed that Brooke had dyslexia — a common learning disability stemming from neurological differences that make it difficult to identify sounds and associate them with letters and words. When her private school told the Simmons family...
The Hechinger Report There’s a half-billion-dollar federal program that is supposed to help students with disabilities get into the workforce when they leave high school, but most parents — and even some school officials — don’t know it exists. As a result, hundreds...
On Thursday, February 6, the U.S. Department of Education announced a new slate of appointees tasked with advancing President Trump’s education priorities. Notable appointments include James Bergeron as Deputy Under Secretary, who brings extensive experience in higher...