Dear Colleagues: Happy Memorial Day Weekend! I hope you have some sort of special activity in store for your weekend. I’ll be having a socially distanced get together with friends on my back deck and enjoying every moment of it. Congress is on their Memorial Day… Continue Reading Washington D.C. Update – May 22, 2020
Dear Colleagues: Welcome to the Ides of May. We remain in a swirl of uncertainty writ large, but in particular for education. California State University – the largest system in the country -- this week announced the fall semester will be fully online; at the other… Continue Reading Washington D.C. Update – May 15, 2020
Dear Colleagues: I’ll be virtually celebrating the wedding that didn’t happen tomorrow with my son, his fiancé, family and friends. It won’t be the same, and though we are all little overexposed to zoom, I am grateful that we have it as an option. Welcome to… Continue Reading Washington D.C. Update – May 1, 2020
Dear HECSE Members: As you will recall, the CARES Act requires Sec. DeVos to send a report to Congress with recommendations for waivers to IDEA and other federal education laws during the pandemic. She delivered that report on Monday April 27. You can read it here: https://www2.ed.gov/documents/coronavirus/cares-waiver-report.pdf I… Continue Reading Update on IDEA Waiver
Dear Colleagues:Thanks so much to all of you who reached out to me about my son and his fiancé’s COVID-19 infection. I’m pleased to report that they have gotten clearance to re-emerge and appear to be on the other side of their illnesses. For now,… Continue Reading Washington D.C. Update – April 24, 2020
Dear Colleagues –It’s been a rough couple of weeks for me. My son and his fiancé got coronavirus. Fortunately, it looks like they are coming out on the other side of it and for that I am most grateful. It’s a scary illness and my… Continue Reading Washington D.C. Update – April 17, 2020
Dear Colleagues – I hope you all are safe and sound and that your families and loved ones are as well. New routines which involve trying to get groceries and the correct kind of anti-viral wipes are draining us all, not to mention the… Continue Reading Washington D.C. Update – April 3, 2020
Dear Colleagues – Like you, my heart is broken watching and hearing about the human tragedy which is COVID-19. Staying at home and self-isolating does not feel like much of a contribution to the crisis, but I am working on believing that it is. I… Continue Reading Washington D.C. Update – March 27, 2020
Dear Colleagues: As we all hunker down and monitor the hourly changes to our situations, I’m most grateful for our online capacity to stay connected. Zoom has never been such a welcome tool! I am taking daily walks to get out and keep my sanity… Continue Reading Washington D.C. Update – March 21, 2020
Dear Colleagues: I just returned from the grocery store and was surrounded by others – many parents struggling to figure out how to manage their jobs and their children in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Maryland, where I live, has closed all schools and most… Continue Reading Washington D.C. Update – March 13, 2020
