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...
Ed Week Education equity advocates say they’ve reached “an important milestone” in addressing pandemic-era learning loss after the Los Angeles Unified School District agreed to provide three years of high-dosage tutoring and other remediation services to more than...
EdSource California legislation that would double the number of days a substitute can teach a single class could help school districts keep vacant teaching positions filled, but opponents fear it could hurt students academically. Assembly Bill 1224, by Assemblymember...
WLRN Last school year, Irene switched her daughter, who has autism, from a public charter school to a private school. Irene planned on paying for the school with the state voucher meant for students with disabilities. “She thrives the best in the setting where it's...
Boston Herald This year BPS is launching a program decades in the making to provide resources for adult students with disabilities heading into the workforce. “The NExT, Navigating Employment and Transition program, is a comprehensive transition program for young...
Hechinger Report Under federal law, students with disabilities — who once faced widespread, outright exclusion from public schools — have a right to learn alongside peers without disabilities “to the maximum extent” possible. That includes the right to get...
CBS New York Harriet Baravick's son Max has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair to get around, but she says just this week, she's received phone calls from a DOE-contracted bus company reporting issues. "'I'm sorry, there's no bus today. You'll have to pick your...