From providing students of color with equal access to education, to founding a social service agency to help lower-income children and families secure affordable housing, Katherine and Hubie Jones were key leaders in child advocacy.
ANDOVER, Mass. and BERWYN, Pa. and CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ Rita M. Gardner, President and CEO of Melmark, Inc. has been named among The Women s Edge s list
Citing concerns from families and advocates, the federal government is demanding state education officials turn over a slew of documents as it questions whether Massachusetts adequately supports students with disabilities. It also is looking into the state's oversight of public schools and its network of private special education schools.
They are among society’s most vulnerable children with severe autism and yet many endure abuse or neglect in the state-licensed residential schools that care for them. With not enough accountability and scant public disclosure, it is an invisible crisis.