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Last week, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced the launch of the OPEN Center within the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR), which will “focus on proactive compliance with federal civil rights laws and will provide...

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court begins hearing oral arguments in a landmark school choice case, Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, which focuses on the constitutionality of school vouchers for use at religious schools.

Last week, the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) and Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) posted an informative webinar, "Students with Disabilities and the Use of Restraint and Seclusion in K-12 Public Schools."

I’m exhausted. In a strange way, I hope you are too, because perhaps that means you were as fortunate as I was to attend the recently concluded CEC Convention in Louisville.

The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has published a questions and answers guide on how to best support students while complying with the civil rights laws enforced by OCR.

To ensure eligible students with print disabilities have access to textbooks and other educational materials, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) has issued a new interpretation of the phrase “printed textbooks and related core materials” referred to in...

On Monday evening, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos submitted a request to Congress for temporary waiver authority during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) analysis of the U.S. Department of Education data collection for incidents of seclusion and restraint finds they are “largely ineffective or do not exist.”

On Monday, the U.S. Department of Education announced new flexibilities to use federal education dollars for technology infrastructure and educator training on distance learning.

The U,S, Department of Education has approved waivers for all states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico from requirements under Titles I, II, and III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESSA).