Category: Family Partnership and Communication
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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…
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Data Privacy in a Pandemic? Parents Are Concerned, But Still Welcome More Tech
This article was published on EdSurge by Emily Tate on September 21, 2020. Parents are concerned about their children’s online safety and data privacy, but not as much as other issues such as the quality of education their child receives, protection from violence and bullying, and ensuring their child doesn’t fall behind in school. That’s…
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D.C. Voices: Distance learning supports for students with disabilities and English learners
This article was published by D.C. Policy Center on September 23, 2020 by Tanaz Meghjani. The shift to distance learning due to the coronavirus pandemic in spring of 2020 created access and language barriers for some of D.C.’s most vulnerable students, including students with disabilities and English learners. In that time, what obstacles did educators…
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Lessons In Leadership: How a first-year principal navigated pandemic disruption
This article was published by Education Dive on September 22, 2020 by Roger Riddell. As a Feb. 1 transition to hybrid learning approaches, Principal David Brown is continuing to implement and improve supports for students, families and staff. Like many of his peers, David Brown’s first year as a principal was far from ordinary. Where…
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Educating All Learners Alliance Launches Flagship Site, Shares Personas Educators Can Use to Understand Students’ Lived Experience During COVID-19
This article was published by Getting Smart on September 9, 2020 by Eric Tucker, Erin Mote, Arthi Krishnaswami. Although some teachers got a glimpse into their students’ home lives during video sessions this spring, many schools with little or no synchronous learning didn’t have a way to check in with students in real-time. As a…