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What Virtual Learning Means for Students With Severe Disabilities

May 16, 2020May 16, 2020 - by Kyra Senese

The 2019-2020 school year has basically ground to a halt for many special education students, but for 20-year-old student Kristina “Krissy” Krotzer, the coronavirus all-school shut down could mean an …

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“He Needs School”: Students with disabilities cut off from services and support in quarantine

May 16, 2020July 28, 2020 - by Elize Manoukian

Many mandated services to the city’s 200,000 children with disabilities of these services cannot be provided online. Parents worry their special needs children are not receiving the free and appropriate education required by law.

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The Long Wait for Accessible Schools Just Got Longer

May 15, 2020June 8, 2020 - by Kio Herrera

For the first time in nearly 100 years, New York City public schools were on track to alter their “abysmally low” number of buildings that meet the needs of hundreds of students with physical disabilities. Then came Covid-19.

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Only About 84% of NYC Students Are Showing Up For Remote Learning, New Data Shows

April 20, 2020April 21, 2020 - by Kio Herrera

Only 84.3% of students have had some kind of daily interactions with their schools, according to data released by the New York City education department. [Chalkbeat]

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Searching for answers to segregation, Fariña enlists top deputy and solicits local ideas

February 11, 2016 - by Jamie Martines

In an interview, the chancellor described new efforts to promote school diversity. This summer, schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña started a new ritual: Every third Saturday of the month, she sits …

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Dept. of Education Announces New Anti-Fraud Squad

February 8, 2016 - by Aleksandra Konstantinovic

After allegations of misuse of student funds at Marinello Schools of Beauty, the U.S. Department of Education is creating a new unit to investigate similarly fraudulent spending at colleges. The Department …

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Acting Education Secretary Apologizes to Teachers

February 7, 2016 - by Aleksandra Konstantinovic

The nation’s teachers have been unfairly blamed for the state of education, said John King, acting U.S. Secretary of Education, in a speech in Philadelphia. King admitted the USA’s education debate over …

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Lawsuit: Special Ed Students Lost Services Due to Computer System Failure

February 3, 2016 - by Aleksandra Konstantinovic

A city-wide system designed to track students with disabilities and help the city get reimbursed for their services has been a failure, said advocate Letitia James, in a lawsuit against the …

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Postmortem continues on demise of ed software giant inBloom

April 28, 2014 - by Peggy Barmore

Proponents and critics of inBloom, an educational-software company that collected student data, continue to offer reasons for last week’s announcement that it is closing. The company, funded by a $100 …

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Opt-Out Movement Draws Teachers to Its Ranks

April 3, 2014 - by William Huntsberry

Teachers and administrators are taking on leading roles in opting students out of standardized tests.

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