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/0 Comments/in Blog, COVID Education, Featured /by Andrew MikulaIn Massachusetts, there’s a staunch and persistent negative correlation between the share of students with disabilities in a school and the school’s overall performance on MCAS testing. Consider it a sign that ongoing reforms are needed in special education to prepare all of our children for their future. Special education students deserve particular attention, however, because unlike some other demographics – notably economically disadvantaged kids – they have grown in number consistently in recent years. Between 2013 and 2019, Massachusetts primary and secondary schools added over 10,000 children with disabilities, a growth rate of over 1 percent per year. They now comprise over 19 percent of the state’s K-12 enrollment. Programming for these children is especially important during […]
Stargazing: Five Astronomy Resources for Parents, Teachers, and Kids During COVID-19
/0 Comments/in Blog: Education, COVID Education, COVID education resources, rCOVID /by Jamie GassHere are some resources for parents, teachers, and students of all ages. Our hope is to cultivate the curiosity within us, in order to better understand the heavens and stars above us.
UVA Law Professor Kimberly Robinson On Legal Debate About Education As Federal Right
/0 Comments/in Civil Rights Podcasts, COVID Education, Featured, Podcast /by Editorial StaffThis week on “The Learning Curve,” Cara and Gerard continue coverage of COVID-19’s impact on K-12 education, joined by Kimberly Robinson, Professor at the University of Virginia School of Law and the Curry School of Education, about her new book, “A Federal Right to Education: Fundamental Questions for Our Democracy,” and the need for states to establish a “floor of opportunity” to ensure educational equity.
The past seven weeks of Massachusetts unemployment claims total 25.8 percent of the civilian workforce.
/0 Comments/in Blog, COVID Economy, Economic Opportunity, Featured, News, rCOVID /by Greg SullivanThe U.S. Department of Labor released its weekly report on jobless claims Thursday morning at 8:30 a.m., reporting that Massachusetts received 55,448 initial unemployment insurance (UI) claims during the week ended May 2. This brings the total of regular UI claims filed in Massachusetts since March 14, the beginning of the unemployment surge, to 781,110.
National Study Finds Most States Lack Healthcare Price Transparency Laws
/in COVID Health, Featured, Healthcare, Press Releases: Healthcare Transparency, Transparency /by Editorial StaffAt a time when the coronavirus pandemic has caused massive shifts in state policies on telehealth and scope of practice in healthcare, a new Pioneer Institute study underscores that most of the 50 states continue to suffer from weak laws regarding price transparency. The study identified states that have laws that require carriers, providers or both to provide personalized cost information to consumers before obtaining healthcare services. Fully 33 states placed in the lowest of the three broad analytic tiers on the strength of their state healthcare transparency laws.