by kids1stadvocac | Oct 20, 2026 | Federal
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...
by kids1stadvocac | Oct 13, 2026 | Federal
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...
by kids1stadvocac | Oct 13, 2026 | Federal
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...
by kids1stadvocac | Oct 6, 2026 | State
CBS Chicago Parents of special education students at a Lincoln Park Chicago Public School say there’s a lack of equity in their children’s classrooms. They say they’ve been asking for changes since last school year and nothing has been done....
by kids1stadvocac | Oct 6, 2026 | Federal
On September 30, U.S. Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI), and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) introduced a bipartisan resolution (HR 1586) marking the 27th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision, Olmstead v. L.C., which recognized the unjustified institutional...
