Urban Milwaukee The day is almost over at Casimir Pulaski High School on Milwaukee’s south side. Most students are packing up their things to leave, but Sarah Lind is still helping a student struggling with her English homework. “So what’s different about these two...
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CA: State settles with Sacramento schools over enrollment
The Center Square California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a settlement Friday with the Sacramento City Unified School District following an investigation into enrollment policies that allegedly discriminated against students. The settlement resolves...
CT: Report: Problems persist in CT special ed system despite federal compliance
The Register Citizen Flaws in Connecticut’s special education system are impeding the state’s ability to provide adequate services to students, according to a report released Wednesday by state Education Commissioner Charlene Russell-Tucker. Russell-Tucker...
FL: As lawmakers fix Florida’s school voucher system, educators, students cope with financial fallout
WLRN After Juliet Sanomi came to the realization that traditional public school wasn't the right setting for her son, who has autism, she decided to take matters into her own hands. She started a school where he and others like him would thrive. She began that mission...
FL: Florida proposing school emergency plan for runaway disabled students
islandernews.com Florida is seeking to ease parents' concerns by creating a plan for public schools, including forming an emergency search team, if a student with a disability runs away unattended. State Rep. Anna Eskamani, a Democrat from Orange County, filed House...
MD: Maryland is rethinking how it pays for special education
The Baltimore Banner Maryland’s education department awarded a major contract to the American Institutes for Research, asking the Virginia-based nonprofit to recommend a model that would adequately fund special education. They’ll answer a multipronged question: What...
NY: ‘That is unacceptable’: Lawmaker pushes for new safeguards after shocking school incidents
CBS 6 News The proposed bill creates enforceable statewide standards and strengthens protections against the use of physical restraint as a behavioral intervention, such as what happened at Lincoln Elementary School in Schenectady. In northern New York, parents of an...
CA: California K-12 schools brace for another year of uncertainty: 2025 in review
Local News Matters Last year was tumultuous for California K-12 schools and their 5.8 million students — at least at the federal level. President Donald Trump slashed funding to schools, set about dismantling the U.S. Department of Education, and launched an...
ID: UPDATED: Critchfield pulls plug on $50 million special education plan
ID ED News State superintendent Debbie Critchfield is walking back her top legislative priority for 2026: a $50 million special education grant proposal. The money simply won’t be available in a cash-strapped 2026-27 budget year, Critchfield told fellow State Board...
