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The Arizona Department of Education building in downtown Phoenix.
The Arizona Department of Education is allocating an additional $16 million of its discretionary COVID-19 relief funds, it announced Tuesday. The money is part of the $135.5 million in discretionary funds that the department received from two federal COVID-19 relief packages. With these new allocations, the department has now allocated $116 million of these funds.
The $16 million will be invested into efforts focused on student equity and achievement, teacher recruitment and retention, and college access and attainment. This includes a partnership on an ASU summer math program for K-12 students, and a laptop and hotspot partnership with the city of Phoenix.
Luther College students awarded Karen Julesberg Scholarship
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May 4, 2021
Four Luther College students have each received a $1,000 Karen Julesberg Scholarship for the 2021-22 academic year. The recipients are Sandy Antunez-Blas, Jadyn Gasper, Jill Richards and Mara Wood.
The Karen Julesberg Scholarship benefits Luther College students involved in the TRIO Achievement Program. TRIO provides customized support and comprehensive programming that fosters students’ academic success, personal development and community engagement. The federally-funded program has been sponsored by Luther for nearly 50 years and serves approximately 180 students annually.
Karen Julesberg 60 of Madison, Wisconsin, has sponsored the scholarship since 2012. When I was considering the many worthwhile opportunities that support Luther students and programs, it took me some time to select one that not only fit my interests but also touched my heart,” said Julesberg. “Once I learned about TRIO
Children With Autism Miss Out as School Districts Make Their Own Rules
Two New Jersey towns, Rutherford and Secaucus, are five miles apart. Students with autism in Rutherford have gotten far more in-person instruction.
Eric Alarcon, 3, with his father, Reuben, and mother, Estafania, at home in Secaucus, N.J., where opportunities for classroom instruction have been rare.Credit.Bryan Anselm for The New York Times
April 28, 2021Updated 7:11 a.m. ET
Eric Alarcon, who will be 4 next month, has autism. He can say a few words and identify a variety of dinosaurs. He lives with his parents in Secaucus, N.J., a 10-mile drive from Midtown Manhattan.
Children with autism miss out as school districts make their own rules
By Tracey Tully New York Times,Updated April 28, 2021, 10:16 a.m.
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An empty classroom at a closed school in Manhattan in July 2020.Ashley Gilbertson/NYT
Eric Alarcon, who will be 4 next month, has autism. He can say a few words and identify a variety of dinosaurs. He lives with his parents in Secaucus, New Jersey, a 10-mile drive from midtown Manhattan.
Eric and his peers in a special-education class have had about 100 hours of in-person instruction in the first eight months of the school year.