IDEA at Risk as Education Reforms

The Department of Education is dismantling itself, moving special education to Health and Human Services and civil rights enforcement to the Department of Justice — a move that could unravel decades of protections for 8 million students under IDEA. Parents and advocates warn this separation weakens support, stigmatizes disabilities, and shifts focus from education to medicalized care, while critics say it’s the 12th outsourcing in a year — and the last thing kids with disabilities need. Support the show:Get a discount at https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/d295778f28fe59c7