Earlier this year, Nova Scotia quietly rolled out a new option for high school students to take some courses online, and the Department of Education is now working on expanding the offering.
An estimated 16 million students nationwide missed a substantial chunk of the last school year. Experts say there's no one solution to getting them back into the classroom consistently.
For parents of kids with complex needs, COVID-19 school disruptions mean losing a lifeline of key supports Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account
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Miles Dempsey, a nine-year-old Toronto boy living with cerebral palsy and epilepsy, was home for the past two weeks since a variant of COVID-19 was detected at his school. While he was stuck at home, his mother helped feed him and took him outside for walks.