Warren: Trump, McMahon will destroy public education | Opinion

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...

KS: Kansas families like mine need US Department of Education

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...

ED Moves to Transfer Programs to Other Federal Agencies, IDEA Spared For Now

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...

Special educators, disability advocates form united front to protect IDEA

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...

Education Department’s role is bigger than critics realize | Opinion

by kids1stadvocac | Nov 25, 2025 | Federal

USA Today When U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon claimed in USA TODAY that the recent government shutdown showed “how little the Department of Education will be missed,” she overlooked the damage done to the nation’s students,...