by kids1stadvocac | May 27, 2025 | Federal
On May 22, 2025, the plaintiffs in the federal case New York v. McMahon won an important preliminary victory, in which the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts granted a preliminary injunction that blocks the sweeping changes recently ordered by...
by kids1stadvocac | May 27, 2025 | Federal
Chalkbeat A federal judge on Thursday issued a preliminary injunction blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order to shut down the U.S. Department of Education and said the agency must reinstate the employees who were fired as part of mass layoffs. After U.S....
by kids1stadvocac | May 27, 2025 | Federal
Chicago Tribune A short video taken inside an Illinois school captured troubling behavior: A teacher gripping a 6-year-old boy with autism by the ankle and dragging him down the hallway on his back. The early April incident would’ve been upsetting in any school, but...
by kids1stadvocac | May 27, 2025 | Federal
NPR Illinois Matt Cohen is an attorney and founder of Matt Cohen & Associates. He specializes in special education, disability rights, and human services law. He spoke to Community Voices about the history of special education laws in Illinois, challenges that...
by kids1stadvocac | May 20, 2025 | State
ProPublica Time and again, the U.S. Department of Education has been the last resort for parents who say the state of Idaho has failed to educate their children. In 2023, the federal agency ordered Idaho to stop blocking some students with learning disabilities, like...
