Special Education
Students With Disabilities Deserve More During Distance Learning
At Alliance College-Ready Public Schools (Alliance) in Los Angeles, when we say that all scholars can learn and achieve, we mean all. That’s why, in 2018, we launched a multi-year organization-wide...
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My Son Cracked the Code in an Atypical Way With a Focus on Phonics
When my three older children learned to read, it seemed to us as natural a process as learning to talk. We read to them every day and filled the house with children’s books and made regular trips to...
Special Education
No, It's Not OK to Leave My Child Behind, Even in a National Crisis
As a disability advocate and a parent of a child with autism, I’m hearing stories from other parents of children with autism that break my heart! Here is one story from a fellow mom who shows us all...
Special Education
I Learned How to Fight for My Child When He Couldn't Read. Now I Help Other Parents Do the Same.
Advocating for your own kid, or teaching other people—doctors, dentists, teachers, etc.—about your kid, is something you learn as you go along. Even if you don’t work with any single barrier for...
Special Education
Don't Let Them Fool You: The FCC Has Done Nothing New to Connect Kids
They almost had me. After weeks and weeks of working and fighting for the FCC to guarantee the educational rights of low-income families by compelling internet providers to ensure all students have...
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Here's What I Suggest Schools Do Now to Support Students Through This Pandemic
This Coronavirus pandemic is truly a life-changing event. It is hard to even compare what we are experiencing to any other time period in American history. And, through it all, we know that the truth...