Prior to the recess, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing titled Opening Doors to Opportunity: The Promise of Expanded School Choice and Alternatives to Four-Year College Degrees. During the hearing, the Committee examined the role of...
Last Thursday, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee held a hearing titled The State of K-12 Education where lawmakers and expert witnesses expressed deep concerns over declining student achievement and the urgent need for reform. Witnesses...
On September 17, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4922, the DC Crimes Act of 2025, which limits the District of Columbia’s authority over criminal sentencing and revises provisions related to youth offenders. The bill immediately prohibits DC from...
On September 10, the House Committee on Oversight marked up H.R. 5181, the SOAR Act Improvements Act which amends the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results (SOAR) Act and reauthorizes the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program through 2032. Since...
Last week, the U.S Department of Education (ED) announced final priorities for use in K-12 discretionary grant programs. The priorities, effective October 9, 2025, include: 1) Promoting Evidence-Based Literacy to strengthen student outcomes by advancing and expanding...
Wisconsin Watch The U.S. Department of Education has pulled funding for programs in eight states aimed at supporting students who have both hearing and vision loss, a move that could affect some of the country’s most vulnerable students. The programs are considered...
Daily Journal Sometime this month, Indiana will ask the Trump administration for unprecedented flexibility in how it funds and evaluates schools. The state wants to receive its federal education funding in block grants, and in turn give the money to schools to...
K-12 Dive As Congress debates the future of federal special education funding, the country feels the whiplash of funding being withheld. Lawmakers face a pivotal choice: Protect funding for national programs serving students with disabilities — or risk undoing...
KFF Health News Devon Price, a 15-year-old boy with autism, has attended the largest school district in North Carolina for 10 years, but he cannot read or write. His twin sister, Danielle, who is also autistic, was bullied by classmates and became suicidal. Under...