Lee V. Gaines

1 month ago | kpbs.org | Lee V. Gaines

Ninth grader Dayana estimates she's moved about six times in the last six years. She said her family hasn't had a fixed place to live since they moved to southern Rhode Island from Guatemala in 2019. This part of the state can be expensive, and they can't afford the cost of a home of their own, so the family of four currently rents a single room in a house in Newport. According to federal education law, Dayana and her family are experiencing homelessness.

2 months ago | scalewithlee.substack.com | Lee V. Gaines

I was working on a technical post about DNS resolution when I encountered something unexpected. Every time I typed the path to the hosts file (/etc/h*sts - intentionally obfuscated to avoid triggering the very issue I'm discussing), my Substack editor would display a "Network Error" and fail to autosave my draft. At first, I assumed Substack was experiencing an outage. However, their status page showed all systems operational. Something else was happening.

Feb 13, 2025 | indianapublicmedia.org | Lee V. Gaines

A legislative effort that would have required Indiana schools install cameras in special education classrooms and seclusion rooms fizzled out this week. Rep. Becky Cash (R-Zionsville), who authoredHouse Bill 1285, stripped the camera requirement from the legislation. She said there wasn’t enough time to get the cost of the cameras — which were going to be covered at least in part by a grant program — into the state budget.

Feb 12, 2025 | wfyi.org | Lee V. Gaines

A legislative effort that would have required Indiana schools install cameras in special education classrooms and seclusion rooms fizzled out this week. Rep. Becky Cash (R-Zionsville), who authored House Bill 1285, stripped the camera requirement from the legislation. She said there wasn’t enough time to get the cost of the cameras — which were going to be covered at least in part by a grant program — into the state budget.

Feb 5, 2025 | wfyi.org | Lee V. Gaines

February 5, 2025 Have a news tip for WFYI's education team? Share it here. The Trump administration is ramping up efforts to deport immigrants who are in the country illegally. But public schools are required to provide all children — regardless of their immigration status — with an education. An estimated 733,000 school-aged children live in the U.S. without legal status, including about 6,000 in Indiana, according to the Migration Policy Institute.