by kids1stadvocac | Dec 2, 2025 | Federal
New America The U.S. Department of Education (ED) was created to help ensure that every student has access to a high-quality public education. The Trump Administration’s decision last week to move many of our country’s core education programs to other federal agencies...
by kids1stadvocac | Dec 2, 2025 | Federal
USA Today Shortly after she was sworn in, I invited Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to my office. I looked her dead in the eye and asked, “Now, I just want to be clear, do you think you can shut down the Department of Education?” She looked straight back at me...
by kids1stadvocac | Nov 25, 2025 | State
Wichita Eagle On Nov. 18, U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon moved six key offices out of the U.S. Department of Education — a major step toward dismantling the agency entirely. As a mother of a child with autism and one with dyslexia, I am deeply opposed to these...
by kids1stadvocac | Nov 25, 2025 | Federal
On November 18, Secretary of Education Linda McMahon announced six interagency agreements (IAAs) with four agencies to “break up the federal education bureaucracy, ensure efficient delivery of funded programs, activities, and move closer to fulfilling the President’s...
by kids1stadvocac | Nov 25, 2025 | Federal
K-12 Dive More than 850 local, state, and national organizations Thursday morning released a joint commitment to support federal special education law and to protest any move that separates services for students with disabilities from the U.S. Department of...
