K-12 Dive reports insights from Cawthon’s SXSW session on special education
K-12 Dive, a leading online publication for in-depth news and trends in K-12 education, reported from Dr. Stephanie Cawthon’s SXSW EDU session on March 9 with Dr. Elizabeth Barker — highlighting the three key areas where COVID-19 challenged special education.
Reporter Kara Arundel focused on sessions insights about special education eligibility and services, remote and online learning, and assessments.
The areas of difficulty and progress should be categorized and reviewed so awareness and momentum can build for solutions to problems that could benefit educators and students in the future, said the session’s cohost, Stephanie Cawthon, a professor of educational psychology at the University of Texas at Austin.