It's recently come to my attention that a lot of college-aged kids are struggling with the remote instruction demands that universities are placing on them during the quarantine period.
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I had a client reach out to me today, concerned about this news article, in which the DOE is refusing to pay its teachers $900 million in back pay that was promised back in 2014. She was concerned that, in light of this news, the DOE might renege on its obligation to pay her the 2019-2020 school year tuition reimbursement that an IHO awarded this summer.
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Does the DOE’s unilateral change in learning structure relieve them of the responsibility of transporting students with disabilities to their educational placements?
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Recently, I was browsing some of the headlines about going back to school — and what it's going to be like for kids in this unprecedented educational climate. I came across something from the New York Times titled The 2020 Back to School List for Teens’ Emotional Wellbeing.
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In the beginning of the 2019 school year, the issue of school buses was front and center in New York City.
There were a number of horror stories that surfaced in the news about children who were picked up and dropped off at the wrong place; kids sitting on hot buses for hours; and school bus routes that were in general disarray.
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The City made news in the beginning of July when it announced that it would be reallocating $1 billion from the NYPD to the Department of Education. The move came in the wake of ongoing racial justice protests, which we support.
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