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Do protocols for school safety infringe on disability rights?

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From September 2020 to April 2021, AJ sat at home, getting on average less than two hours of daily live interaction with teachers. Peter Mosby is principal at Rock Ridge Elementary School in a suburb of Denver. And the report classifies Chas as a high-level threat, though the circumstances don’t meet the definition, Mosby said.

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A federal definition of ‘homeless’ leaves some kids out in the cold. One state is trying to help

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That triggered a series of financial setbacks and, by October 2021, she owed more than $10,000 in back rent. Her two youngest, both attending Vancouver’s Washington Elementary School, had struggled with remote learning and still lagged their peers in basic math and reading.

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Leading Teaching and Learning in Today’s World

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The 2021 Driving K-12 Innovation report released by CoSN selected the most critical Hurdles (challenges), Accelerators (mega-trends), and Tech Enablers (tools) that school districts are facing with personalized learning, innovation, and digital equity. By Eileen Belastock. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST. Dr. David R.

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Hidden toll: Thousands of schools fail to count homeless students

The Hechinger Report

They’re experiencing trauma, and trauma has a pretty significant impact,” said Darla Bardine, executive director of the National Network for Youth, a policy and advocacy group focused on youth homelessness. And then there’s the gulf between what people commonly think of as homeless and the more expansive definition Congress uses for students.

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How much will it take to reopen, catch up kids, and save public schooling long term?

The Hechinger Report

White students could lose four to eight months of learning by June 2021, and students of color could lose six to 12 months, according to a McKinsey & Company report published in December. Patrick Miller is the superintendent of Greene County Schools, a district in North Carolina that he describes as “poor and rural by every definition.”

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The (mostly) Republican Idaho moms fighting to reclaim their school district from hard-right conservatives  

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Sitting beside her, Candy Turner , a retired elementary school teacher who had brought Ziploc bags of pear slices and dried cranberries for the hours ahead, agreed. “I Then it appointed Susie Luckey, a popular elementary school principal, as interim superintendent until June. I think we are in trouble based on what I saw.”