A school attorney offers advice on following behavior intervention plan protocols when a special education student needs to be restrained or secluded for their own safety or for the safety of others.
The second edition of ESSA: Moving Toward a Well-Rounded Title I covers topics that include new Every Student Succeeds Act regulations on assessments and updated U.S. Education Department guidance on supplement, not supplant; equitable services; report cards; fiscal requirements; schoolwide school compliance; and Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act flexibilities.
In a few days, I will enter the classroom for my 35th year and my final full academic year before I am eligible to retire in January of 2022. I did not expect to encounter a pandemic.
Access, affordability and skills are the three key elements of the digital device that leaves some K-12 students unable to participate in online learning.
Restarting schools this year provides superintendents and their teams a historic opportunity to reinvent education by prioritizing equity to close persistent achievement gaps.
