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How shared spectrum connectivity benefits distance learning

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Today’s students, teachers, and administrative staff are facing unprecedented connectivity challenges as the 2020 school year brings more and more distance learning options. Students who don’t have access to high-quality internet service are at significant disadvantage compared to their connected peers.

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5 learning strategies that are here to stay

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In 2020, students, teachers, and parents made an extraordinary pivot to distance learning with no preparation at all. We’ve learned too much to go back. Remember, “normal” pre-pandemic learning left too many opportunity gaps, particularly for students with disabilities or Individualized Education Plans (IEPs).

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5 learning strategies that are here to stay

eSchool News

This year’s 4th most-read story focuses on some learning strategies that have staying power. In 2020, students, teachers, and parents made an extraordinary pivot to distance learning with no preparation at all. We’ve learned too much to go back. The right direction now is forward.

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Special Ed Students Have Lost Many Services. Here’s How SEL Strategies Can Help.

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This is the first of a three-part series looking at how social-emotional learning strategies can support teachers of students with learning differences during the pandemic. The necessary and rapid move to distance learning in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been disabling for our education system.

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Flexibility and Collaboration, Not Waivers, Will Make Remote Learning More Equitable

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A major sticking point is not the access gap, but provisions under three federal laws: the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). But they are not learning as well as they could be. Clearly, the system can be better.

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SEL Can Help Special Educators Address Rapidly Evolving Remote Learning Requirements

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Families are making choices about what to prioritize during distance learning while navigating unique demands of work, family and health. At the end of the day we can make constructive choices about our practice, building from student needs, requirements and the affordances and challenges of distance learning strategies.

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With Innovation and Empathy, Remote Learning Becomes Accessible for All Students

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This is the second of a three-part series looking at how social-emotional learning strategies can support teachers of students with learning differences during the pandemic. When our school buildings closed, districts and teachers were tasked with creating remote learning plans for their students. You can read part one here.