by kids1stadvocac | Sep 8, 2026 | State
EdSource Brittney Camacho was in disbelief after she received the call from the Visalia Police Department in Tulare County in September 2025. An officer told her something that her children could not — that they may have been the victim of physical abuse. The alleged...
by kids1stadvocac | Sep 1, 2026 | State
Chattanooga Times Free Press A top committee of Tennessee educators wants lawmakers to include special education prekindergarten students in the state’s public school funding formula. The recommendation follows pleas from school boards and superintendents who...
by kids1stadvocac | Aug 25, 2026 | State
Florida Phoenix As Florida students settle back into their desks, there are a few new laws on the books, including required testing of cursive writing and providing teachers more training to work with students with autism. Take a look at which Florida education laws...
by kids1stadvocac | Aug 11, 2026 | State
Chalkbeat New York City has long failed to quickly provide special education services even after families won legal orders for them, generating more than two decades of litigation. Three years ago, city officials embraced a federal court order requiring dozens of...
by kids1stadvocac | Aug 4, 2026 | State
Chalkbeat New York City’s Education Department is changing how it responds to students who are chronically absent due to school avoidance, according to an agreement officials signed last week with the legal team that filed a class-action lawsuit over the issue. School...
