by Dan DeMarle | Feb 28, 2021 | Covid-19, Distance Learning/ELearning
Family works hard as 5 learn at home LEARNING CURVE Adria R. Walker and Shawn Dowd – Rochester Democrat and Chronicle USA TODAY NETWORK – in the D&C on 2/14/21 Note: This story is part of the third installment of Learning Curve, a yearlong series of...
by Dan DeMarle | Feb 28, 2021 | Covid-19, Distance Learning/ELearning, Special Education
Lisa Juliar was resolved when distance learning began last spring: She’d do whatever she could to offer her son the kind of one-on-one assistance he’d been getting at school. But even with her help, Cooper, a senior at Mounds View High School, has...
by Dan DeMarle | Feb 19, 2021 | Classroom, Covid-19, Distance Learning/ELearning, Learning, Parents/Guardians, Teaching, Technology
The New York State Education Department (NYSED), Office of Special Education is sharing the following new resources recently released by U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Educational Technology to help teachers and school leaders meet the needs of students...
by Dan DeMarle | Jan 31, 2021 | Covid-19, Distance Learning/ELearning, Legislation, Legislative Advocacy
A new lawsuit filed by a group of parents of children with special needs claim that kids are not receiving adequate education through remote learning. The lawsuit was filed last week against both the city’s Department of Education and the state Education Department by...
by Dan DeMarle | Jan 25, 2021 | Classroom, Covid-19, Distance Learning/ELearning, Parents/Guardians, Special Education, Teaching, Teaching
The unexpected shift to the remote workplace and classroom brought on by COVID-19 has left many families across the country with inequitable access to devices and technology infrastructure, a problem known as the digital divide. For students with disabilities, the...
by Dan DeMarle | Jan 25, 2021 | Covid-19, Disability, Distance Learning/ELearning, Special Education
Millions of children have returned to the classroom, while others have opted to continue distance learning. But one group of families says there’s no choice involved for them, and their needs are being forgotten. 15-year-old Zach Silva was excited to start high school...
