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D.C. Students With Disabilities Could Face ‘Significant Regression’ During Distance Learning - WAMU

April 10, 2020

On school days, LaJoy Johnson-Law and her daughter, Abria, replicate an abbreviated version of the 8-year-old’s schedule at Rocketship Legacy Prep in the District.…

After Court Action, Unaccompanied Minors Starting to Leave Risky Group Settings in New York City - Chronicle of Social Change

April 9, 2020

Following an emergency federal court action taken last week, New York group home providers caring for unaccompanied Central American minors have begun to move some of those children out of shelters that now constitute a contagion-risky environment in a city that has become the epicenter…

‘This is crisis teaching’: students with disabilities slip through cracks as coronavirus shuts schools - The Guardian

April 5, 2020

Homeschooling your children amid the Covid-19 pandemic is hard. For parents whose children have a disability, its a ‘herculean task’…

DeVos Weighs Waivers for Special Education. Parents Are Worried. - New York Times

April 2, 2020

The $2 trillion coronavirus law could give the education secretary the power to waive special education rules as school districts struggle to teach all their students online.…

‘I hate COVID-19’: Kids with disabilities struggle to adjust as schools close - NBC

March 31, 2020

Isolated at home with few services to help, a mother in San Francisco is terrified that her daughter’s progress will evaporate.…

California’s State Juvenile Justice Agency Freezes New Detention Commitments - Chronicle of Social Change

March 25, 2020

Late Tuesday afternoon, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) suspended new entries into the state’s juvenile and adult prison systems, part of an effort to protect incarcerated individuals and staff from the spread of the coronavirus. That move comes as many juvenile justice advocates are calling…

New Coronavirus Package Could Unravel Protections For Students With Disabilities - Huffington Post

March 20, 2020

Advocates of children with special needs are sounding the alarm on Senate Republicans’ proposed “Phase 3” coronavirus stimulus package, saying that it may eventually give the government power to absolve schools of at least some of their legal obligation to educate students with disabilities.…