Carrie Gillispie On The Changes To Disability Education Policy And Its Impact On Students With Disabilities
Jun 23, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min · 16 segments
In this week’s episode I sat down with Carrie Gillispie. Carrie is the Early Development & Disability Project Director in New America’s Education Policy program, where she focuses on equity in…
In this week’s episode I sat down with Carrie Gillispie. Carrie is the Early Development & Disability Project Director in New America’s Education Policy program, where she focuses on equity in education for young children and students with disabilities. Before joining New America, she led early childhood and disability equity work at The Education Trust and held roles in education policy, research, school psychology, and special education. In response to the Trump administration’s announcement that the oversight of special education will be moved to the Department of Health and Human Services and that the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights will be moved to the Department of Justice, we sat down to discuss the impact this decision will have on students with disabilities and much, much more. This episode was edited and produced by Ben Curwin. All proceeds from purchasing this episode will be split between City Harvest and Food Bank For NYC. Join Always Looking Up on Substack: https://jilliancurwin645746.substack.com Join The Patreon: https://patreon.com/AlwaysLookingUp New America's Disability Policy Initiative page (including info on Dept of Ed, ICE detention, and more): https://www.newamerica.org/projects/disability-policy/ New America's disability work is updated regularly here: https://www.newamerica.org/topics/disability/ Recaps of two of our events, written by the great Emily Ladau: - Confronting Harmful Federal Disability Policy in Health and Human Services Reclaiming the Promise of the ADA - Bridging the Gaps in Disability Policy: Reclaiming the Promise of the ADA Follow Me: Instagram: @jill\_ilana , @alwayslookingup.podcast TikTok: @jillian\_ilana Website: https://www.jillianilana.com Email: [alwayslookingup227@gmail.com](mailto:alwayslookingup227@gmail.com) Read With Me: Goodreads The StoryGraph Support the organizers, detainees and their families at Delaney Hall (all links from @feminist): Donate To Family Support Funds: linktr.ee/SupportOurFamilies Donate to the Commissary Fund: [givebutter.com/commissaryfund](givebutter.com/commissaryfund) Call your representative: https://5calls.org Learn More: [indivisible.org/campaigns/dismantling-detention](indivisible.org/campaigns/dismantling-detention) Support Minneapolis: Stand With Minnesota: https://www.standwithminnesota.com MN NOICE: https://mnnoice.com Community Aid Network MN: https://www.canmn.org Support Those Impacted By The Cutting Of SNAP Benefits: Feeding America: https://www.feedingamerica.org World Central Kitchen: https://wck.org No Kid Hungry: https://www.nokidhungry.org List Of NYC Food Pantries: https://www.nyc.gov/site/dycd/services/food\_pantries.page Support Immigrant Communities (all links came from @chnge): The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (@chirla\_org): https://www.chirla.org/donatenow/ Immigrant Defenders Law Center (@immdef\_lawcenter): https://www.immdef.org Inland Coalition 4 Imm Justice (@ic4ij): https://secure.actblue.com/donate/jornaleros
In this week’s episode I sat down with Carrie Gillispie. Carrie is the Early Development & Disability Project Director in New America’s Education Policy program, where she focuses on equity in…
