50 years after the birth of special education, some fear for its future under Trump

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

  News   Dec 3, 2025   0   0  Add to Reading List
50 years after the birth of special education, some fear for its future under Trump
<strong>Left:</strong> Ed Martin was one of the authors of the law now known as IDEA. Before the law, children with disabilities were often turned away from public schools. Right: Maggie Heilman and her daughter, Brooklynn, 14, at their home in a Kansas City suburb. Brooklynn has Down syndrome and her own special education plan thanks to IDEA.">

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

(Image credit: Thomas Simonetti and Katie Currid for NPR)

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