Charter schools can leverage autonomy to serve students with disabilities

Colorado Sun
As Colorado lawmakers try to solve a state budget crisis, Gov. Jared Polis’ office is advocating for a new set of changes to student averaging that would significantly impact a handful of rural school districts and charter schools that found a lifeline for their budgets by enrolling online homeschool students.

Colorado Sun
The cuts will enable the state to absorb the rising costs of Medicaid and fully fund K-12 for another year. But they didn’t eliminate the state’s structural deficit, which will require ongoing cuts for years to come.

The 74
As public education comes under attack on a number of fronts, school leaders are sounding the alarm about potential significant cuts to Medicaid.

Chalkbeat
President Donald Trump made a brief announcement Friday morning of a policy that could upend how the nation serves its 7.5 million students with disabilities.

Chalkbeat
President Donald Trump has declared English the official language of the United States.

Fordham Institute
For generations, the traditional public school has been a bedrock institution in American life. But recent developments suggest that this model is undergoing a stress test like never before, exacerbated by the recent cratering of student achievement.