This essay was originally published as part of the Center on Reinventing Public Education’s 2023 “State of the American Student” report. As part of the effort, CRPE asked 14 experts from various sectors to offer up examples of innovations, solutions or possible paths forward as education leaders navigate the current crisis. (See all the perspectives) […]
Virginia’s Fairfax County Public Schools disclosed tens of thousands of sensitive, confidential student records, apparently by accident, to a parent advocate who has been an outspoken critic of its data privacy record. The documents identify current and former special education students by name and include letter grades, disability status and mental health data. In one […]
For more than three years, parents of students with disabilities have tried to recoup special education services their children lost when the pandemic closed schools. In Virginia, state education officials could be partly to blame. The federal government is investigating whether the Virginia Department of Education misled school districts about their responsibility to serve students […]