Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2018-10-10/education/pa-state-special-ed-funding-falls-far-behind-need/a64256-1 October 10, 2018 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Since 2009, special-education costs in Pennsylvania have risen by $1.54 billion, but state funding has increased only $72 million. (ernestoeslava/Pixabay) PHILADELPHIA – … Continued
From Families USA (http://www.familiesusa.org): Families USA has released a new short analysis on the Trump Administration’s continued attacks on immigrant children and families, highlighting its latest efforts to dismantle the long-standing Flores Settlement Agreement, and in doing so, eliminate basic … Continued
From the Project on Government Oversight (http://www.pogo.org/): September 25, 2018 Open the Government and the Project On Government Oversight have obtained documents through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request that provide new insights into internal decision-making behind the separation of thousands … Continued
From Every Town for Gun Safety (https://everytown.org/): Despite the dozens of horrific school shootings this year, the administration and the NRA are pushing for laws that would arm teachers and allow civilians to carry guns into our elementary, middle and … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2018/09/20/resources-around-coalition-2017-census-poverty-data/#.W6TzwntKgdU By CHN September 20, 2018 Editor’s note: The following blog post was written by Makenna Whitworth, CHN’s Fall 2018 intern. On Wednesday, September 12 and Thursday, September 13, the U.S. Census Bureau released the latest national, state, and local … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): The “school-to-prison pipeline” is a troubling national trend where children are funneled out of public schools and into the juvenile and criminal justice systems. It starts when kids are pushed out of the classroom, typically for … Continued
From the Poor People’s Campaign (https://poorpeoplescampaign.org/): Our children are targets. The Co-Chairs of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, along with poor people, advocates, as well as denominational and national faith leaders are fighting back to … Continued
From the Center for American Progress (http://www.americanprogress.org): New polling data from the Center for American Progress reveals that a majority of voters have struggled with child care and believe that government has a role to play in solving America’s child … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): With Hurricane Florence on our doorstep, we’ve learned that the administration has diverted $10 million from FEMA ‘response and recovery’ to spend on ICE incarceration. [1] This diversion of precious funding from disaster relief in order … Continued
From CLASP (http://www.clasp.org/): In its latest attack on immigrant families, the Administration proposed a regulation that would weaken protections for immigrant children and make it easier to imprison children and families indefinitely. The proposed Flores rule is open for public … Continued