The Pandemic Effect on Education: A Special Report
21 months have passed since the COVID-19 pandemic hit schools like a sledgehammer. Since then they’ve been through closures, distance learning from home, optional reopening of schools, mandatory reopening, and battles over mask mandates. Now that the first semester is...
Rochester schools go remote today
‘Temporary measure’ amid staffing shortage Victoria E. Freile and Sean Lahman Rochester Democrat and Chronicle USA TODAY NETWORK on 1/6/22 on page A2 The Rochester City School District announced that it would pivot to remote learning beginning Thursday, Jan 6....
CORONAVIRUS IN NY SCHOOLS
Suburban enrollment recovers from slump It is a different story for the Rochester City School District Justin Murphy - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle USA TODAY NETWORK - in the D&C on 10-19-21 on page A1 A year after seeing kindergarten enrollment plummet due to...
Ed Department Issues Guidance On IEPs During Pandemic
Ed Department Issues Guidance On IEPs During Pandemic Federal officials say that IEP teams must consider everything from goals to masks to compensatory education to ensure that students with disabilities are provided FAPE during the pandemic. Federal officials say...
Study: Adults with Autism, Intellectual Disabilities, or Mental Health Disorders are at Increased Risk for COVID-19 and Severe Illness
New research finds that adults with autism, intellectual disabilities, or mental health disorders are at increased risk for COVID-19 and severe illness. After sorting through data from more than a million people, researchers found that autistic people, or those with...
Science Update: Pandemic changes in screen time, physical activity may increase kids’ obesity risk, NIH-funded study suggests
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, American children may have adopted a range of behaviors that increase their risk for obesity, an NIH-funded study suggests. Compared to before the pandemic, children 7 to 12 years old increased their sedentary behavior, screen...
Report: Individuals with Autism Have Increased Risk of COVID-19
Adults with autism, adults with intellectual disability, and adults with mental health diagnoses have multiple risk factors for infection with COVID-19 and for experiencing more severe disease if they contract COVID-19, according to research from the A.J. Drexel...
Many Predicted Some Kind of ‘Covid Slide’ in Learning. Test Results Show How Bad it Is
Children are heading back to school with the academic cost of the pandemic now being laid bare. Tumbling test scores reveal how much learning was not absorbed by students driven to virtual schooling when their classrooms were closed overnight, often staying shut for...
NY State – Community Technical Assistance Center of New York – Video Series
The Community Technical Assistance Center of New York (CTACNY) is providing a six part video series Introduction to Healing Centered Schools: Integrating Trauma Informed and Resilience Building Approaches as Students Return to School Series. The video series is...
Nearly 200 at Victor schools in quarantine
COVID-19 surge affects students, staff in district Victoria E. Freile - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle USA TODAY NETWORK - in the D&C on 9/21/21 on page A2 The number of positive COVID-19 cases continues to spike at Victor Central School District, now with more...