COVID-19

Notes From New Jersey: Contemplating COVID-19 and Lakewood.

Here in New Jersey, the second hardest-hit state in the country after New York, we’re scrambling to control the coronavirus.…

5 years ago

Free Internet Access For Low-Income Families Must Be A Fundamental Right During COVID-19.

This is a post by my friend and colleague Zachary Wright, a national finalist for the United States Department of Education’s…

5 years ago

Education Law Center Nails Problems with the DOE’s Emergency Changes For Special Education Students.

Tomorrow morning the New Jersey State Board of Education will hold its first-ever Skype public meeting due to COVID-19. The…

5 years ago

Some Schools Are Rising to the Challenge. Guess Which Ones Aren’t?

I wrote last week about Princeton Regional Public Schools’ high expectations for students during this pandemic in comparison to the…

5 years ago

During Covid-19, Are Charter Schools Leading the Way?

On Monday I looked at the stark disparities in the quality of online instruction offered to children during the COVID-19…

5 years ago

This Father of a Special Needs Student Thinks Online Instruction Can Be A Great Fit.

This is a guest post by Jeff Kwitowski, Senior Vice President of Public Affairs & Policy at K12 Inc. For…

5 years ago

How Did College Achieve Public Charter Schools Pull Together Online Learning So Quickly and Effectively? Answers From the Founder.

This is a guest post by Mike Piscal, founder of College Achieve Public Schools in New Jersey, which operates six…

5 years ago

Will This Pandemic Force Us To Boldly Address the Inequities in Our Schools?

I live right off Route 206, a mostly two-lane road that begins in the Pinelands of southern New Jersey, winds…

5 years ago

NJ’s Head of Special Education on Home Instruction for Students with Disabilities: “I’m Not Trying To Sugarcoat This in Any Way.”

If you’re a parent of a child with disabilities, you might have panicked when you read this yesterday: As part…

5 years ago

Schools Must Stop Using Students With Disabilities as An Excuse to Do Nothing

My husband and I have four children. Our three oldest are what we in the special needs community call “neuro-typical”…

5 years ago