California
On Thursday, 1/26, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) launched his Senate campaign for Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s (D-CA) seat…
Three civil rights groups – Disability Rights California, Western Center on Law & Poverty, and The Public Interest Law Project – filed a petition to the California Supreme Court on Thursday, 1/26, challenging the constitutionality of the CARE Courts program, which Governor Newsom signed into law last year…
According to the Department of Water Resources, recent storms replenished California reservoirs enough for the State Water Project to provide six times more water to local agencies than state officials expected in December, fulfilling 30 percent of the agencies’ requests instead of five percent..
President and Administration
Valerie C. Williams, director of the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), released the second blog in a blog series on discipline and behavior…
According to a report by Home Care Pulse (HCP), the median caregiver turnover rate—or the percentage of all caregivers who left or were terminated from jobs—was about 64.9 percent in 2021…
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently released a new toolkit designed to help schools prevent and respond to cyber-attacks…
According to Bharat Ramamurti, Deputy Director of the National Economic Council, the Biden administration is not preparing alternative proposals for canceling student debt in case the Supreme Court rejects its current relief program…
On Wednesday, 1/25, the U.S. Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) released the Mass Attacks in Public Spaces: 2016 - 2020, a comprehensive report examining 173 incidents of targeted violence and highlighting the observable commonalities among the attackers…
On Tuesday, 1/24, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) issued marketing denial orders to two menthol e-cigarette products from R.J. Reynolds, which were Vuse Vibe Tank Menthol 3 percent and the Vuse Ciro Cartridge Menthol 1.5 percent…
On Wednesday, 1/25, the Biden administration announced new actions to increase fairness in the rental market and further principles of fair housing…
Education
The National Center for Education Statistics reported that students with disabilities on average scored 32 points lower in math and 40 points lower in reading than students without disabilities…
On Tuesday, 1/24, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona announced the ED’s “Raise the Bar: Lead the World” initiative for 2023 to promote academic excellence, improve learning conditions, and prepare students for a world where global engagement is critical to the nation’s standing…
At the beginning of 2022, Secretary Cardona called on schools to provide students who are academically behind with at least 90 minutes of tutoring each week…
A report commissioned by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute in Ohio found that racial segregation of students tended to decline in school districts where more students were eligible to receive vouchers from the state…
The California State University system now has 25,000 fewer students enrolled than the state says it should educate…
Civil rights lawyers have expanded the scope of their class action lawsuit against the Fairfax County School Board and the Virginia Department of Education after more families came forward alleging the state had denied students their federally-mandated special education services…
Research has shown that alternative discipline approaches used by schools may not only reduce the prevalence of exclusionary discipline but also have positive effects on student and teacher perceptions of school safety…