by Common Ground | Apr 20, 2021 | Capitols
Congressional Democrats in Washington D.C. have introduced the Keeping All Students Safe Act. If passed, the measure would enact a national ban on all restraint procedures that can restrict breathing, including prone restraint (where students are held face down on the...
by Common Ground | Apr 20, 2021 | Capitols
A bill moving through the New Jersey legislature would require boards of education to provide special education, transition services, and related services to certain students exceeding the age of eligibility for special education and related services. The bill would...
by Common Ground | Apr 20, 2021 | Capitols
The proposed FY2022 New Jersey State budget includes $578 million in additional K-12 school aid and nearly $50 million in additional preschool funding. School districts will be able to use state funds, in conjunction with federal resources, to address COVID-19-related...
by Common Ground | Apr 20, 2021 | Capitols
While only 43% of NJ students are white, 67% of our state’s public school teachers are white. A package of nine bills has been introduced in the New Jersey Senate to address the lack of teacher diversity in the Garden State. In addition, the Governor’s 2022 budget...
by Common Ground | Feb 2, 2021 | Features, Parents, Professionals, Students, Teachers
For students, teachers, families, the impact of the pandemic on education has been all too clear. For our education system as a whole and policy makers, the long-term effects of the largest educational disruption in history are today not as easy to assess. What can we...
by Common Ground | Feb 2, 2021 | Parents, Professionals, Students, Teachers
At the beginning of the COVID-19 public health response and the displacement of students to full remote learning and hybrid combinations of on-site and remote learning, attendance reporting for teachers and schools was challenging and riddled with disparate and...
by Common Ground | Feb 2, 2021 | Parents, Professionals, Students, Teachers
By Rebecca Branstetter, Ph.D. If your child has special needs, remote learning can be incredibly stressful. Here are some tips for helping kids learn, while still taking care of yourself. Parenting a child with additional learning, attention, social-emotional, or...
by Common Ground | Feb 2, 2021 | Parents, Professionals, Students, Teachers
Congress enacted the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (Public Law 94-142) (EHA), in 1975, to support states and localities in protecting the rights of, meeting the individual needs of, and improving the results for infants, toddlers, children, and youth with...
by Common Ground | Feb 2, 2021 | Courts
In November a federal District Court in New York has dismissed J.T. v. de Blasio, a class action claim alleging that every state and local educational agency in the country is denying FAPE to students with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The U.S. District...
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