Marina Villeneuve

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New Jersey excludes students with disabilities more than any other state | Created with Datawrapper Experts say most students with disabilities can spend a lot of the school day learning alongside students without disabilities and that this format should be easiest with young students. But in New Je...

Some takeaways from data:

Just 49 percent of 6- and 7-year-olds with disabilities in NJ spend the vast majority of their day in a general education classroom, compared with nearly three-quarters nationally.

In some NJ districts, it was as low as 10%

National data here:
www.datawrapper.de/_/biaRR/

New Jersey students in special education stuck in separate classrooms Students in special education spend more time in separate classrooms in New Jersey than they do in any other state — a situation that can do lasting damage.

More than anywhere else in U.S., N.J. students with disabilities spend the vast majority of the school day away from peers without disabilities — a practice that can violate their civil rights

Deep dive w/@merkolodner.bsky.social for @hechingerreport.org @nj.com

hechingerreport.org/young-kids-w...

A packed room full of dozens of special education professionals seated in rows of chairs

Business card of Marina Villeneuve. Cell is 207-358-9859. Email is villeneuve@hechingerreport.org. Signal is mvilleneuve.78

I’m here at the Council for Exceptional Children’s annual expo, at a jam-packed afternoon session on special education law & advocacy.

I’d love to chat with folks! I’m interested in how federal and state policy is impacting students’ lives

#CEC2025

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Trump wants to shake up education. What that could mean for a charter school started by a GOP senator’s wife Louisiana Key Academy, started by Laura Cassidy, wife of Sen. Bill Cassidy, is one of a growing number of specialized charter schools for students with disabilities.

Louisiana Key Academy, co-founded by Laura Cassidy, wife of Sen. Bill Cassidy, is one of a growing number of specialized charter schools for students with disabilities.

hechingerreport.org/trump-wants-...

Gun Lobbyists and Cambridge Analytica Weaponized Gun Owners’ Private Details for Political Gain Documents and interviews reveal how the now-disgraced political firm targeted potential voters by combining its cache of confidential consumer data with information secretly collected from millions of...

NEW: Documents and interviews reveal how the now-disgraced political firm Cambridge Analytica targeted potential voters by combining its cache of confidential consumer data with information secretly collected from millions of gun buyers, sporting goods shoppers and others.

Editorial: Help Support BINJ’s Internship Program - HorizonMass “Training the next generation of reporters is not just a mandate, it’s an honor”

Help #Support BINJ’s #Internship Program: “Training the next generation of reporters is not just a mandate, it’s an honor.” Editorial by @jasonpramas. horizonmass.news/202... #journalism #students #fundraiser #reporting #donate #Massachusetts

NICAR 2025 schedule | March 6-9, 2025 | Minneapolis Welcome to the #NICAR25 conference schedule!

Get a preview of the #NICAR25 schedule, featuring beginner to advanced classes on data skills, investigative techniques, public records and more: schedules.ire.org/nicar-2025/

See you March 6-9 in Minneapolis!

Facing legal threats, colleges back off race-based programs College programs designed to give students from underrepresented groups a foothold in careers are being reframed or disappearing.

Pipeline programs, along with race-and gender-based affinity mentoring circles and scholarships, are another casualty of the Supreme Court's affirmative action decision. Should they be hechingerreport.org/facing-legal... via @laurapappano.bsky.social

National Education Reporter - Capital B News Do you have a passion for HBCUs and Black youth? Capital B is looking for an innovative national education reporter to cover the critical issues affecting students and educators across the country, fr...

Come work with me! Capital B is looking for a national education reporter to cover not just the higher education system but also life on HBCU campuses and the experiences of young Black adults in these uncertain times.

Please share — and happy to chat! apply.workable.com/capital-b-ne...

Parents are quitting jobs, passing on raises — to qualify for child care About 10 percent of families who are eligible actually get child care assistance

My colleague @jackiemader.bsky.social describes an absurd catch-22 in childcare subsidies. Poor women need childcare so they can work, but when they start working, they lose the subsidies and cannot afford childcare. hechingerreport.org/parents-are-...

As we prepare to hold the fifth @ire-nicar.bsky.social meetup in Austin on Friday, you might be wondering how to launch one where you live! Join us for this virtual event next week for the inside scoop! Members can register here: bit.ly/49xVGjY

Big news: Grist is proud to announce the new cycle for its 3 paid, remote climate reporting fellowships! This career building experience runs May 5, 2025 - April 30, 2026, and is ideal for early-career individuals. More: job-boards.greenhouse.io/grist

Investigating how kids are harmed by lower child care standards Lower standards are being masqueraded as a child care solution

What is the state of child care like in places trying to deregulate? We looked through hundreds of pages of inspection reports to find out. It wasn't hard to find disturbing conditions for kids, signaling a need for more support, not larger groups and teen workers
hechingerreport.org/investigatin...

Some really important findings from @jackiemader.bsky.social’s investigation into state legislation deregulating child care across the country ⬇️

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