In early October, the renowned Heartland Film Festival awarded The Fish Don't Care When It Rains three major prizes including the Documentary Grand Prize, Documentary Audience Choice Award, and the Richard D. Propes Social Impact Documentary Award. Documenting the...
Disability Scoop A growing number of students in the nation’s schools have disabilities, new data shows, and they are more likely to experience restraint, seclusion and other discipline. Students with disabilities account for 19% of the nearly 50 million children in...
US News “You can’t hit me, Will. You know that,” Katherine Walter says to her 11-year-old son, deflecting a swat. “Why?” William asks, half-heartedly pushing his chest into his mother’s open hands. “You are in the red zone,” she says. “I need you to take it back to...
Education Week New federal guidance that deemphasizes ensuring adults with disabilities can live in their communities could have trickle-down effects for public schools, researchers say. The U.S. Department of Justice issued guidance this summer stating it will not...
WVTM 13 Hoover parents push for cameras in special education classrooms as district prioritizes staffing
Bridge Michigan The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) wants to eliminate a state rule designed to protect students while certain special education complaints are investigated. But a protection written into law matters only when the government is willing to...
FOX 26 Houston Disability Rights Texas (DRTx) says it plans to enter Klein ISD schools and speak with students and staff after a federal judge ruled the district violated federal law by restricting the organization’s monitoring access. The judgment, signed Sept. 28 by...
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Education has released A First Look: The Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) for 2023-2024. In its first summary analysis of the most recent CRDC, OCR reports that for the 2023-2024 school year, 49.7 million...
NPR Every couple of years, we learn about how students are being treated across every public school in the country. Now, it comes from a U.S. Department of Education survey called the Civil Rights Data Collection. NPR's Jonaki Mehta has been in touch with experts who...