WPLN News Backers of the new school voucher program promised that it would expand school choice for Tennessee families. But critics worry the program leaves students with disabilities behind. The controversial statewide voucher program – called Education Freedom...
Vermont Public Vermont’s private schools have long bristled at the notion that they cherry-pick their students. Those claims come from public education advocates, who say independent schools that benefit from taxpayer funds nevertheless turn away students with higher...
Virginia Mercury Three school divisions were alerted that they misused federal funds intended for students with disabilities have made nearly $30 million in total repayments, according to the state Department of Education, which will be returned to the federal...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Despite objections from Wisconsin's K-12 education agency, the federal government upheld its decision to cut a state grant intended to support special education teachers. The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction had appealed a decision...
Valley News The percentage of students with disabilities in Vermont’s education system is on the rise, while many school districts lack the capacity to meet their needs, according to a new report released this week by the state Agency of Education. While overall...
The Olympian The state’s Office of the Education Ombuds last year received the highest number of calls since its founding, according to a recently released OEO annual report. The number of calls for the 2024-25 school year — 1,643 total concerns — represented a more...
State Affairs Pro After stakeholders raised concerns about districts prematurely graduating students with disabilities, thereby cutting off access to services and federal protections, the State Board of Education is calling on the Department of Education to answer...
EdSource Saran Tugsjargal, 18, advocates on behalf of special education students for the state Disability Commission. When she got to high school, she realized that she needed to stand up for herself. One of the first ways she did that was to show up to the...
CT News Junkie State education leaders touted increased funding to help towns and cities handle the ever-increasing cost of serving the state’s growing population of special needs students at a forum at Naylor Elementary School in Hartford on Monday. The legislature...