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Meet the 2026 Yes I Can Winners
CEC is proud to recognize children and youth with exceptionalities , who have demonstrated their determination and achievements in multiple ways. Meet this year’s awardees, which will be honored at...
Read more >New GAO Report Analyzes RIF Impact on OCR
A General Accountability Office (GAO) report made public this week focuses on the impact of the U.S. Department of Education’s (ED) reduction-in-force (RIF) of Office of Civil Rights (OCR) personnel...
Education Funding Bill Signed into Law, One Third of the Way Through the Fiscal Year
On Tuesday, the education spending bill for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 was signed into law, locking education funding largely at current levels. The bill, a product of intense bipartisan negotiations...
Pathways to Leadership: When Others See the Leader in You, with LaKisha Stanley
My journey with the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) began while I was a doctoral student at Georgia State University. In one of my seminars, a professor talked about how to be a successful...
National School Counseling Week 2026
From Monday, February 2nd, through Friday, February 6th, we take the time to recognize and learn how school counselors contribute to schools and impact their students’ lives.
The history of...