Month: October 2020
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Report indicates distance learning success tied to funding and accessibility
This article was published on NBC News 10 by Connor Cyrus on October 20, 2020. A new report by The Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council found success in distance learning can be tied to funding and accessibility. It found students in low income or urban communities who struggled before the pandemic, struggle even more when…
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How Parents Can Support Children With Special Needs During Distance Learning
This article was published on Great Good Science Center by Rebecca Branstetter on October 20, 2020. Parenting a child with additional learning, attention, social-emotional, or behavioral needs has never been easy—and it’s not exactly getting easier. Distance learning and hybrid learning have created a whole new layer of challenge for the approximately 7.1 million children who receive…
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How Teachers Can Foster Community in Online Classrooms
This article was published on Wired by Eli Reiter on September 25, 2020. THE SCHOOL YEAR is difficult for both teachers and students, to say the least. Some districts are using a hybrid of remote and in-person learning, while others are on Zoom entirely. And that means teachers are stretched thin and unable to build community…
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How Teachers Can Foster Community in Online Classrooms
This article was published on Wired by Eli Reiter on September 25, 2020. THE SCHOOL YEAR is difficult for both teachers and students, to say the least. Some districts are using a hybrid of remote and in-person learning, while others are on Zoom entirely. And that means teachers are stretched thin and unable to build community…
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IEPs altered to reflect distance learning service changes, but at cost to schools
This article was published on Education Dive by Kara Arundel on October 6, 2020. When schools closed to in-person learning in the spring, some individualized supports for students with disabilities were easily transitioned to remote or virtual learning. But other services were harder to adapt to new learning formats due to the specific interventions that…
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Blind, visually impaired students deal with challenges of distance learning
PORTLAND, Ore. — Families keep plugging away at distance learning and we’ve heard from so many parents who say it hasn’t been easy adapting. For blind or visually impaired students, it has been a process adapting to online learning. Nine-year-old Miracle Boulos is a 4th grader in the Reynolds School District and is blind.The New…
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Homeless Families Struggle With Impossible Choices As School Closures Continue
This article was published on NPR by Cory Turner on October 7, 2020. The closure of school buildings in response to the coronavirus has been disruptive and inconvenient for many families, but for those living in homeless shelters or hotel rooms — including roughly 1.5 million school-aged children — the shuttering of classrooms and cafeterias has been…
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RETURN TO LEARN: The challenges of online learning for immigrant families
This is article was published on CBS 2 Iowa by Emily Chavez on October 14, 2020. IOWA CITY, Iowa — Online learning can be a challenge for any family, especially if English is your second language. Iowa’s News Now takes a deeper look at one of Iowa’s most vulnerable populations and the barriers a computer screen…
