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Virtual Learning Comes With Added Curve For Special Ed Students by Mara Klecker, Star Tribune/TNS | January 12, 2021 MINNEAPOLIS — Lisa Juliar was resolved when distance learning began last spring: She’d do whatever she could to offer her son the kind of one-on-one assistance he’d been getting at school. But even with her help, Cooper, a senior at Mounds View High School, has struggled mightily with distance learning. He has a rare chromosomal condition called Cri-du-chat that affects his speech and language, and he’s had trouble expressing himself during Zoom classes. He sometimes gr...

Several area school districts, including Sauk Rapids-Rice and St. Cloud Area School District 742, have announced plans to return students in pre-k through fifth grade to a hybrid learning model

Education Minnesota worried 'dial back' could hinder school reopening; MDH advises caution While the state is loosening restrictions for social activities, the MDH continues to stress that "each and every Minnesotan" needs to help contain the spread as schools reopen. Author: As statewide activity restrictions loosen, Education Minnesota is urging Minnesotans to continue following pandemic safety measures as schools eye a possible return for elementary students beginning Jan. 18.   The organization, which represents educators' unions statewide, issued a press release Wednesday expressing co...

Duluth School Dist. Plans For Full Elementary In-Person Learning By Feb. 8 December 20, 2020 The Duluth School Board will discuss those plans at their committee of the whole meeting Monday night. The plans include full in-person learning for kindergarten through second grade to begin Monday, Jan. 25. Grades three through five will go full in-person learning Monday, Feb. 8. The district says this decision was made at the guidance of Gov. Walz who announced last week the prioritizing of in-person learning for elementary students. The district released the following information Monday as a press...

Copy shortlink: Lisa Juliar was resolved when distance learning began last spring: She'd do whatever she could to offer her son the kind of one-on-one assistance he'd been getting at school. But even with her help, Cooper, a senior at Mounds View High School, has struggled mightily with distance learning. He has a rare chromosomal condition called Cri-du-chat that affects his speech and language, and he's had trouble expressing himself during Zoom classes. He sometimes grows so frustrated he starts screaming, grabbing at his mother's hair and even slamming the laptop s...