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A Shortage of Special Educators Is Becoming a Crisis of Trust
2+ hour, 38+ min ago (320+ words) A legal right for students with disabilities is meaningless when there isn't a qualified person to deliver the services. by Alexis L. Hamlor This is different from a generic staffing shortage because special education is tied directly to a student's legal…...
Got a Bedroom? Get a Benefit Cut
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (520+ words) A new rule change will allow the government to count having a place to sleep as income, and deduct it from SSI payments. If you believe that the disabled people who receive up to $944 a month in Supplemental Security Income…...
The Problem with Preemption
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (567+ words) Illustration by Christopher Cruz Laws deny communities the ability to chart their own course. by Eleanor J. Bader These restrictions, called preemption laws, make localities subservient to the will of state or federal authorities. And according to the Local Solutions Support…...
An Attack on Democracy in Tennessee
1+ week, 6+ hour ago (235+ words) The maps are being redrawn to diminish the voting power of Black Americans. by Megan Thiele Strong On May 6, the Tennessee House of Representatives'passed'a new congressional map that fractures the state's only Democratic-leaning district into three separate districts. The move…...
When Cash, Banks, and Apps Fail
1+ week, 6+ hour ago (472+ words) Palestinians in Gaza are facing a unique financial crisis....
Community Schools Are at the Forefront of a "Neighborism" Movement
1+ week, 1+ day ago (715+ words) Public schools in New York City's network of community schools offer an alternative to top-down systems that are indifferent to the needs of working families. While some may question whether schools should focus on anything other than academics, Everett firmly…...
Utah Housing Model Is the Wrong Way To Go
1+ week, 2+ day ago (666+ words) A new report suggests the state's plan to centralize homeless services could be doomed to fail. A'controversial plan'in Utah to build a remote "homeless campus" is being hailed in some quarters as a bold new approach to the nation's soaring…...
How to Halt a Deportation Flight
1+ week, 2+ day ago (645+ words) A network of rank-and-file union members and immigrant solidarity activists in Washington State banded together to stop a deportation in process. "My American dream was done, they took it away from me," he tells The Progressive. "I felt like my…...
Rats, Ruins, and the Theft of Tranquility
1+ week, 4+ day ago (369+ words) Illustration by Christopher Cruz In Gaza, our refuge has become an enemy. by Nour Abo Aisha Three days after I gave my training, people throughout the camp woke up in the middle of the night to screams. Adam Al-Ostaz, a…...
Protect the Rights of Students with Disabilities
1+ week, 4+ day ago (442+ words) Having laws on the books is not enough. There has to be enforcement. A special education classroom. Once upon a time, a little-known agency within the U. S. Department of Education known as the Office of Special Education Programs was able to…...