The Biden administration is set to give educators and school leaders the very thing that the previous administration refused them: a centralized data collection to help them understand the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on students and teachers alongside the status of in-person learning for schools and districts across the country.
Curbing learning loss during the pandemic
Learning loss has occurred during the pandemic, but there have also been educational gains and educators have implemented innovations that are here to stay. During this recent Tech & Learning virtual roundtable hosted by Dr. Kecia Ray, a panel of experts shared strategies for decreasing learning loss and what changes brought on by the pandemic are likely permanent.
Parents with disabilities face extra hurdles with remote schooling
The Americans with Disabilities Act says schools have to help not just students but parents with disabilities, too, like making sure deaf or blind parents can communicate during parent-teacher conferences. But what happens when kids are learning at home? That’s uncharted territory. Rosabella Manzanares, a first-grader at Betsy Ross Elementary in Forest Park, Ill., has a spelling test. Like so many kids around the country, she’s taking the test at home, sharing a Zoom screen with a class full of other boisterous 6-year-olds.
CDC Research backs in-person schooling
Research released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is adding fuel to the Biden administration’s push for school districts to return to in-person instruction, even amid the latest wave of the pandemic.
Social-Emotional Learning Webinar Series
CASE is proud to partner with The Urban Assembly and David Adams for this interactive webinar series on March 17, 24, and 31, 2021. AND, May 6, 13, and 27, 2021. Check out the series at a glance. You won’t want to miss this incredible opportunity! For Details and Registration Click HERE.
CASE Winter Workshop
February 24, 25, & 26
Register Today! CASE will be using the Pheedloop Platform once again. Wednesday, February 24 = Showcase Sessions. Thursday, February 25 = Workshop with Ricky Robertson. Friday, February 26 = Workshop with Julie Weatherly, Esq. In addition, Thursday and Friday will conclude with a CASE Policy Roundtable. CASE Policy Chair Dr. Kevin Rubenstein and CASE Policy Consultant Myrna Mandlawitz will share information and answer your important questions!
Virtual learning will stick around…
About two in 10 U.S. school districts have already adopted, plan to adopt or are considering adopting virtual learning after the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new RAND Corporation study. The survey of district leaders indicates that virtual learning was the innovative practice that most district leaders anticipated would continue, citing both student and parent demand for continuing various forms of online instruction.
How to ease back to in-person learning
The unpredictability of COVID-19 means that while many districts have returned to full in-person learning, many also have retained either a fully remote or hybrid learning schedule. Still others returned to in-person learning and then had to pivot to remote learning due to positive cases in the building, and then pivot back again.
Guiding special education students to stay on track for success in hybrid classrooms
Distance and hybrid models have become the new way of schooling, and they’re not exactly ideal. Hands-on and differentiated learning can be limited. Figuring out ways to maintain consistency, structure, and collaboration has been challenging. Yet our focus on student success has remained stable.
Progress Center
Path to Progress – Moving beyond compliance a virtual event