By: Frances Shefter, Esq. Parenting is hard, and expensive. Your plate is already full running from appointment to appointment, working, managing a household and advocating for your child. You don’t have the
By: Frances Shefter, Esq. On March 20, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order titled “Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities”. That sounds great, right? Unfortunately, the actual order tells
By: Frances Shefter, Esq. Across the country, lawsuits are challenging the Trump administration’s K–12 education policies. These legal battles aren’t just political headlines—they could directly affect your child’s education. From funding delays
By: Frances Shefter, Esq. One of the most pressing issues in special education today is disproportionality—the unequal treatment of students based on race, ethnicity, or language background. Data shows that students of
By: Frances Shefter, Esq. Across the United States, schools are facing a serious crisis: not enough special education teachers, aides, and service providers to meet the needs of students with disabilities. This
By Lateefah S. Williams, Esq. When the federal government took control of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, the White House portrayed it as a response to public safety concerns, even though DC’s crime
By Lateefah S. Williams, Esq. Theo Huxtable, played by the newly departed Malcolm-Jamal Warner, was the only son of Attorney Clair and Dr. Heathcliff Huxtable on The Cosby Show, an eighties and early
By Lateefah S. Williams, Esq. The Supreme Court’s recent decision to allow the Trump administration to lay off approximately 1,400 US Department of Education (ED) employees has sparked major concerns for families of
By Lateefah S. Williams, Esq. Congress recently passed the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill,” a misnomer if I’ve ever heard one, and President Trump signed it into law on July 4, 2025. There has
By: Frances Shefter, Esq. On June 27, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6–3 decision in Mahmoud v. Taylor, ruling that public schools must allow parents to opt their children out of
