This article was written by Erica L. Green of the New York Times on September 23, 2021. FRANKLIN, Tenn. — Five years ago, Kim Hart’s son underwent an open-heart surgery that got him healthy enough for the family to move from Cincinnati to this quiet suburb of Nashville. Her son has Down syndrome and autism, […]
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This article was written by Anita Wadhwani of the Tennessee Lookout on September 22, 2021. Last school year wasn’t easy, but with the help of his mother, Joey Doherty kept up with Zoom classes taught by the special education teachers he has known for years. This year, Joey – a high school senior who is […]
This article was written by Lauren Dunn of WNG.org on September 22, 2021. When her daughters’ private Christian school transitioned to remote education in spring 2020, Pat Maetzold and her husband, Hugh, like many parents, began juggling their girls’ educational needs at their home in White Bear Lake, Minn. The school provided a packet of […]
This article was written by Malachi Barrett of Michigan Live on September 22, 2021. First Lady Jill Biden and U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona will visit Oakland Community College on Friday to wrap up a bus tour highlighting communities that are safely returning to in-person learning. Biden is scheduled to meet with U.S. Rep. […]
This article was written by Ryan Trowbridge and Matt Sottile of Western Mass News on September 21, 2021. WESTFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) — There’s a call to allow remote learning again at schools in the state as COVID-19 case numbers go up, but state education leaders are pointing to a first-of-its-kind in-school testing program that’s working […]
This article was written by the Black Wall Street Times on September 15, 2021. Understood, a social impact, nonprofit organization and the only lifelong guide for those who learn and think differently, today unveiled its 2021 Back to School Study, conducted in partnership with UnidosUS, the largest Latino civil rights and advocacy organization in the […]
This article was written by ITP staff and posted to ITE.net on September 16, 2021. Digital Promise and Ciena have launched the Ciena Solutions Challenge, a new global design challenge where educators around the world can submit student-led projects for funding and exhibition. The Ciena Solutions Challenge invites middle and high school students globally (education […]
This article was written by Gema Zamarro, Andrew Camp, Dillon Fuchsman & Josh McGee of Quartz on September 20, 2021. The Covid-19 pandemic reduced teachers’ commitment to remain in the classroom, our study on teacher turnover found. When schools resumed classes in the fall of 2020, teachers faced a host of new challenges. These included […]
This article was written by Joe Hong of CalMatters.org on September 20, 2021 The school year at Duarte Unified School District, 20 miles east of Los Angeles, started a month ago, but Brady, Ellie and Jack Fitzgibbons have yet to receive any instruction from their teachers. The 13-year-old triplets are on the autism spectrum, and […]
This article was written by Henry Goldman of Bloomberg.org on September 20, 2021. New York City will increase testing of public-school students for Covid-19 to weekly from every other week, after 77 classrooms were closed and one school was shut down due to the virus. At the same time, the city will relax its student […]