In 1986, the federal government mandated that states provide therapy for newborns and toddlers with developmental delays and disabilities. But the program has been plagued with severe racial gaps in access and quality.
-
-
The purpose of threat assessment teams is to recognize emerging or imminent threats in schools and stop violence before it happens. But students in special education, in particular, are more likely than their peers to be assessed as a threat and can find themselves being denied protections they…
Read the full article at: hechingerreport.org
-
Medicaid expansion led to a 1.5% increase in survival of children with cancer. That means 200 more children alive two years after diagnosis.
-
Evidence-based or evidence-informed policymaking and practice is increasingly championed by governments and decision-makers. To make this a reality, it is important to know how stakeholders, such as policymakers and practitioners,…
-
Today, more than half of the US Black population lives in the South. This concentration of Black Americans is the latest stage of a long-term trend that started in the 1970s, when…
-
Some of the now-adult children of influencers are pushing back.
-
A new study links the COVID-19 pandemic to an increase in the frequency and mortality of gun injuries among children.
-
Social justice issues are intertwined with environmental issues. There is no just and equitable future for all unless everyone feels safe and welcome in traditional and nonformal educational settings. Educators…
-
For many parents, respiratory syncytial virus – or RSV – which has been causing record numbers of hospitalizations of children during the fall of 2022, may sound like a relatively…
-
Debate continues on Biden’s “Build Back Better” social infrastructure bill offering a historic expansion of child care and universal preschool. Early childhood education is a socially popular endeavor with strong bipartisan support and…
-
In the spring of 2022, reports showed that only 67 percent of third graders were reading at grade level in the aftermath of the pandemic. Following on the heels of the recently…
-
The U.S. Census Bureau in October reported the good news that child poverty had dropped nationally, over the course of 12 years, from 18.2% in 2009 to 5.2% — a…