With school choice programs ascendant not just in Iowa but across the U.S., Cedar Rapids offers a preview of who wins and who loses when education meets the free market.

Higher education is especially reliant on computers and phones, but accessibility for people with disabilities has often been forgotten. A new federal rule could change that.

Senator Donzella James of Atlanta and Representative Carl Gilliard of Savannah join the show to discuss housing protections and public safety legislation in Georgia. The conversation covers SB 106 and related bills addressing HOA liens and rent escalation near universities, the Autism Missing Person Alert System Act, Eric’s ID Law, and the Darren Lewis Saving Lives Act, focused on police pursuit reform. 

A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office calculates the cost of efforts to fire civil rights staff and questions the department's ability to enforce federal civil rights laws.

The Trump administration has fired, or tried to fire, many of the federal staff members who manage and enforce federal disability law in schools.

Opponents of the changes say Congress explicitly located some of these offices inside the Education Department, and the White House cannot legally move their work without Congress' approval.

A new deal to end the government shutdown may briefly restore staff to U.S. Education Department offices that had been gutted by layoffs.

An Indiana charter school network has won praise for its strong academics. But some students with disabilities struggle to follow the school system's discipline policies.

The National Association of the Deaf says the White House's failure to provide ASL interpreters during press briefings leaves some deaf and hard of hearing people without information.

After her dreams of becoming a doctor were denied, one California woman is working to make the profession more accessible to those with disabilities.

The U.S. Education Department's Office for Civil Rights investigates discrimination in schools. It recently lost more than 40% of its staff.

General education teachers are more likely than ever to be working with students who have special needs.

The program, Charting My Path for Future Success, aimed to help teens with disabilities transition from high school to the real world. It abruptly ended when DOGE terminated its federal contract.

Special education laws and the U.S. Department of Education have evolved together over nearly five decades. Now, the Trump administration seems to want to separate the two.

Research shows including students with and without disabilities in the same classroom can benefit everyone. Two students with Down syndrome show what can be gained when that happens.