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SUMMARY:Civil Rights in Today's School Environment: Legal Updates\, Guidance\, & Practical Planning Strategies
DESCRIPTION:This event will be held at the Boise Centre\, Rooms 110 A&B \n\nBluum\, in partnership with Civil Rights Solutions\, is excited to provide all interested educational stakeholders with the opportunity to spend a day learning with civil rights experts Renita Thukral and Lauren Baum. Topics will include Title IX\, FAPE\, discipline for students with and without disabilities\, and many more timely\, important issues.\nThere are only 75 seats available at this training\, so reserve yours today!\n\n\n\nA breakfast snack and lunch will be provided \nAgenda at a Glance\n\nWelcome & Breakfast\nIntroductory Session: Honoring the provision of FAPE in today’s school environment\nDiscipline Policies\nCivil Rights Issues\nOCR Updates related to use of Restraint and Seclusion\nIdentification of SWD & Significant Disproportionality\nELL and SPED\nTitle IX\nGeneral Reflection and Feedback\n\n\n\n\nAbout Our Nationally Recognized Civil Rights Education Speakers\nRenita K. Thukral\nIn addition to being a partner at Civil Rights Solutions\, Renita Thukral serves as the Sr. National Legal Advisor at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. In these roles\, she leads and grows a national network of charter school attorneys known as “The Alliance of Public Charter School Attorneys”; provides technical assistance and training to charter school operators\, authorizers\, attorneys and advocates seeking to improve school-level civil rights policies and practices; addresses fiscal equity and labor issues confronting charter schools; provides litigation and strategic assistance to state partners considering litigation; and supports charter school advocates and operators seeking to improve their regulatory and authorizing environments. \nPrior to this work\, she served as the Policy Director at the Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools and the Director of Policy and Advocacy at New Schools for New Orleans. Renita earned her B.A. from Stanford University and her J.D. from Yale Law School. She taught junior high school math in Los Altos\, California\, before attending law school\, and she served as a public defender for over six years in New York City before joining the charter school community. \nLauren E. Baum\nIn addition to being a partner at Civil Rights Solutions\, Lauren Baum is an attorney in private practice in Washington\, DC\, representing charter schools in DC and Maryland. In these roles\, Lauren advises charter schools on a variety of civil rights issues\, including but not limited to issues related to students with disabilities\, English Language learners\, bullying/harassment\, student discipline\, single gender schools and other Title IX issues\, enrollment\, weighted lotteries and other access and equity challenges. \nSince 2008\, Lauren has represented over 30 charter schools in the District of Columbia and Maryland. Lauren also has led multiple trainings and presentations to members of the charter school community across the country on civil rights issues. Lauren received her undergraduate degrees from the University of Texas and her J.D. from Washington College of Law. \n\nThis free professional learning opportunity hosted by Bluum and funded in part by Idaho’s Communities of Excellence Program. This is a competitive public charter school grant program funded under the Congressional Every Students Succeeds Act (ESSA\, Public Law 114-95)\, which reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965 (ESEA). $16\,000.00 (100%) of this event funded by Federal CSP Grant dollars.
URL:https://www.bluum.org/event/civil-rights-in-todays-school-environment-legal-updates-guidance-practical-planning-strategies/
LOCATION:car-18
CATEGORIES:Federal CSP-Technical Assistance,Professional Learning Opportunity
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SUMMARY:Parents and Teachers Speak Out on Learning During COVID-19
DESCRIPTION:As part of its $22 million Communities of Excellence federal Charter School Program (CSP) grant\, Bluum promised to engage parents and stakeholders through focus groups and surveys over the 5-year grant term. \nTo lead this work we contracted with the highly-respected FDR Group to give “voice to the stakeholders and communities where charter schools have opened or expanded under the CSP grant.” We wanted to know things like how did the school leaders hold up according to teachers? Will parents be bringing their kids back next year? Have teachers been so overwhelmed that they’re leaving the profession? Are kids learning? \nBetween March 31 and May 4\, 2021\, the FDR Group surveyed 322 teachers and 1\,489 parents across 12 CSP funded public charter schools in Idaho. Collectively\, these schools enrolled 6\,177 students in 2021\, and they are located across the state in rural\, suburban and urban communities. \nAs both the 2019-20 and 2020-21 school years were impacted by COVID-19\, and subsequent school closures\, the finding for this period include questions around COVID-19 and the response of the schools to it. \nJoin us for an in-depth look at the findings from the FDR Group\, some of which include: \n\nAbout a quarter of parents think the pandemic has had a major impact on their child’s emotional well-being and most think there would be at least a moderate benefit to some counseling.\n75% of parents report that “My child is far more likely to lose focus when learning virtually.”\n61% of parents say that when COVID-19 subsides\, “it would be best for schools to restore the policies and teaching methods of the past as quickly as possible;” only 26% say “it would be best for schools to keep many of the new policies and teaching methods they adopted during the pandemic.”\nAmong those who taught virtually this year\, 49% described the professional development that was provided by their school on teaching in a virtual environment as a “crash course\,” 36% described it as “thorough\, with ongoing support and resources throughout the school year.”\nAbout one in three teachers think a summer school program to help students who need to catch up on lost learning due to COVID-19 is “critically needed” (35%); 45% say “it would be nice to offer\,” but not “critical\,” and 13% say “it would be nice to offer\, but not critical\,” and 13% say “it is unnecessary.”\nJust 42% of teachers agree with the statement\, “Too many of my students will have a hard time catching up when things get back to normal” (10% agree strongly\, 32% agree somewhat).\n\n \n\nABOUT FDR GROUP\nOver the last seven years the FDR Group has conducted more than 15 focus groups with parents and community members\, as well as dozens of individual interviews with charter school leaders and other community leaders across Idaho. Their work extends beyond Bluum in Idaho to include working with Idaho Ed News on their “People’s Perspective” and the “Parents Perspective.” The FDR Group has also worked with the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Family Foundation on a variety of projects. \n 
URL:https://www.bluum.org/event/parents-and-teachers-speak-out-on-learning-during-covid-19/
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