Lee V. Gaines
@leevgaines.bsky.social
Investigative audio/video/digital journalist. RI native/Philly-based. Cat mom & yoga teacher.
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If you are following along, this is the story @leevgaines.bsky.social and I were working on when we met Amy. (Amy and G are not in it.)
It focuses on how often students with disabilities are suspended.
www.wfyi.org/news/article...
It focuses on how often students with disabilities are suspended.
www.wfyi.org/news/article...
'Why am I so bad?' Indiana schools suspend tens of thousands of students with disabilities
Children who receive special education services were suspended more than twice as often from school as compared to their peers during the last academic year.
www.wfyi.org
April 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
If you are following along, this is the story @leevgaines.bsky.social and I were working on when we met Amy. (Amy and G are not in it.)
It focuses on how often students with disabilities are suspended.
www.wfyi.org/news/article...
It focuses on how often students with disabilities are suspended.
www.wfyi.org/news/article...
Nothing has changed. There have been subsequent legislative attempts to ban NDAs in special education settlements in Indiana. But they've all failed to pass due to pushback from school administrators. And IDK of any other state that has done it.
February 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Nothing has changed. There have been subsequent legislative attempts to ban NDAs in special education settlements in Indiana. But they've all failed to pass due to pushback from school administrators. And IDK of any other state that has done it.
Yeah I get that. I was thinking more about workers who carry equipment. It just seems like a lot of people who not elites or upper income are also really upset by this.
January 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Yeah I get that. I was thinking more about workers who carry equipment. It just seems like a lot of people who not elites or upper income are also really upset by this.
This was my initial reaction. But I've heard NYers say this is a terrible idea for the workers who need access to that part of the city. And I started to think it was a regressive tax. Is there a better way to achieve the outcome of funding public transit and reduced congestion?
January 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This was my initial reaction. But I've heard NYers say this is a terrible idea for the workers who need access to that part of the city. And I started to think it was a regressive tax. Is there a better way to achieve the outcome of funding public transit and reduced congestion?