by kids1stadvocac | May 26, 2026 | State
Chalkbeat The Philadelphia school district plans to wind down a special education program that separates some students with additional learning needs into their own classrooms. The program, called Intensive Learning Support (ILS), is meant to help students who are...
by kids1stadvocac | May 19, 2026 | State
Florida Phoenix Florida Lt. Gov. Jay Collins unveiled his education agenda on Monday, which includes a rebuke of a proposal by one of his opponents in the Republican race for governor — U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds. In April, Donalds said in a speech in Miami that he wants...
by kids1stadvocac | May 19, 2026 | State
Nashua Ink Link We know what happens when the mentality of a society is that people who talk different, or walk different, or process different, get sent to a different place or treated differently,” said Amy Wheeler Teas, a parent of three, two of which are intensive...
by kids1stadvocac | May 19, 2026 | State
Gothamist As he tries to solve New York City’s budget crisis, Mayor Zohran Mamdani is following in his predecessors’ footsteps by vowing to rein in the practice of taxpayers covering the cost of private tuition for students with disabilities. Under federal law,...
by kids1stadvocac | May 19, 2026 | State
WPR Democratic Gov. Tony Evers says school leaders are “beside themselves” after the Legislature rejected a deal he negotiated that would have boosted education funding in exchange for tax cuts. In an interview with WISN-TV in Milwaukee, Evers blamed the impasse on...
