Education Learning Disabilities

Two boys with the same disability tried to get help. The rich student got it quickly. The poor student did not.

Two boys with learning disabilities grew up just blocks apart in New York City. Public schools couldn’t teach them. So their parents battled to place them in private schools, on the taxpayers’ dime. By Mike Elsen-Rooney, The Teacher Project, USA TODAY Updated 1:37 p.m. EST Feb. 10, 2020 This story was produced by the Teacher Project, […]

Americans With Disabilities Act News

San Francisco sues Sessions for rescinding civil rights guidelines

By MORGAN GSTALTER,THE HILL The city of San Francisco filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday after he repealed civil rights memos designed to protect minorities and the disabled. The lawsuit targets six of the 25 different legal memos that Sessions rescinded in December, Reuters reported. City Attorney Dennis Herrera accused the […]