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How to Give Grades in Special Education
Grading is a controversial topic in education. When children enter grade school, they complete work and get report cards on how well ( or not well ) they did in subjects that quarter.
Many districts require that all students receive a letter or number grade, some as often as two grades per subject, per week.
But how do we give fair grades to, for example, a fourth grade student working on a kindergarten level? Or a student who receives accommodations and modifications, but still may not have full completed a lesson?
Calculating these grades for students can be tricky. What criterion do you take into consideration? How many skills? Does each child get graded on the same criterion?
So. Many. Questions. Valid questions and valid concerns.
Rubrics allow a teacher, paraprofessional, service provider, and/or admin to break down lessons and skills into competencies and criterion. Each criterion gets rated on a 3-2-1-0 scale, which can then be turned into a percentage.
In the same manner that grades can be used to show growth, rubrics can easily be used to chart progress on IEP goals and objectives, or to identify a specific area or areas where a student may need additional instruction.
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Any classroom setting can benefit from utilizing rubrics … inclusion, resource, regular ed, self contained, outside services. So how do you use rubrics in your special education classroom?
Make the rubrics work for you. The rubrics included in the Editable Grade Rubrics are 100% editable. The leveled criterion are already provided for you, but you have the option to edit them to best fit your students.
Criterion that are available:
• Completion • Engagement • Communication • Prompting • Contributions • Quality of Work • Focus on the Task • Working with Peers • Time Management • Transition • Problem Solving • Attitude / Behavior • Prepared • Respect Others • Participates Willingly • Follows Along • Rules and Routines • [Using] Accommodations • [Using] Modifications • Organization
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I recommend having a general classroom rubric to grade students on. I would choose no more than 4-5 criterion, and choose criterion for the skills that a majority of your students are working on.
For me, it’s typically completion, engagement, communication, and prompting.
Keep this rubric in places where all of the adults in your classroom have access to it. Your whole group table, the front board, substitute plans, clipboards for inclusion and resource, para binders… it should be easily accessible.
When it comes to grading students, though, don’t stop with one “blanket” rubric.
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Create individualized rubrics for each of your students. Individualized rubrics to meet the needs of each individual kid, because it isn’t always as easy as one size fits all.
What skills is Stephanie specifically working on? Maybe it’s just prompting and completion. Maybe it’s focus on task, transitions, and engagement. Maybe there are 8 appropriate criterion that Stephanie would benefit from working on.
As slides, you can print multiples of the same rubric on one page. Or print them small enough to fit on sticky notes . You know how much I love using sticky notes to take data …
These options make charting progress and showing growth easy. Take a look.
Here is an example of a student working and then you, the teacher, using the grading rubric to assign a grade to the student’s work.
What questions do you still have about using grading rubrics for grades in special education classrooms? Or what other tips can you share? Let us all know in the comments below.
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What are rubrics?
Rubrics are vehicles that can provide a useful mechanism to translate achievement into assessment terms. A rubric is a rating scale that consists of ordered categories, together with descriptions of criteria that may include examples, which are used to sort student-produced responses into levels of achievement (Schafer et al., 2001). According to Andrade (2000) a rubric is usually a one-or two-page document that describes varying levels of quality, from excellent to poor, for a specific assignment. The purpose of a rubric is to give students informative feedback about their works in progress and to give detailed evaluations of their final products. Although the format of a rubric can vary, they all have the following two features in common: (1) a list of criteria, or "what counts" in a project or assignment; and (2) graduations of quality, with descriptions of strong, middling, and problematic student work.
What are the different types of rubrics?
Rubrics can either be analytic or holistic. An analytic rubric is more process oriented in that it separates pieces of an activity individually and then adds all scores for a total rating. A holistic rubric is used to rate an activity in its entirety without regard to the separate pieces. A holistic rubric is more product oriented and is used when the components of an activity are too interrelated for easy division (Jackson & Larkin, 2002).
How can rubrics benefit your students, including those with special needs?
- Students know before beginning an assignment what the expectations for performance will be. The expectations may be assigned by the teachers or may be determined through class discussions.
- Students monitor their own progress as the assignment progresses.
- Students become aware of the quality of work through judging their own and their peer's assignments against the standards set in the rubric.
- Students use the rubric as a final checkpoint before turning in the assignment.
- Students with special needs have the rubric tailored to their learning styles. (Jackson & Larkin, 2002)
How do you create your own rubrics?
To be an effective learning tool, the rubric design process should engage students in the following steps:
- Look at models: Show students examples of good and not-so-good work. Identify the characteristics that make the good ones good and the bad ones bad.
- List criteria: Use the discussion of models to begin a list of what counts in quality work.
- Articulate gradations of quality: Describe the best and worst levels of quality, then fill in the middle levels based on your knowledge of common problems and the discussion of not-so-good work.
- Practice on models: Have students use the rubrics to evaluate the models you gave them in Step 1.
- Use self- and peer-assessment: Give students their assignment. As they work, stop them occasionally for self- and peer-assessment.
- Revise: Always give students time to revise their work based on the feedback they get in Step 5.
- Use teacher assessment: Use the same rubric students used to assess their work yourself. (Goodrich, 1997)
Where can you find more information about rubrics?
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Teach-nology This site has over twenty rubric generators which will allow you to make grading rubrics by filling out a simple form. The materials are made instantly and can be printed directly from your computer.
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators This site provides information on the creation and use of rubrics with additional resources as well as several examples of rubrics, including rubrics related to assessing student web pages.
The Staff Room for Ontario's K-12 Teachers This site contains links to numerous rubrics for elementary teachers.
4-Teachers - Rubistar This is a teacher tool that helps teachers create quality rubrics for all content areas. The tool allows teachers to create rubrics, save rubrics, and analyze student data based on the completed rubrics.
RubricMaker Ten Sigma's RubricMaker software takes teachers beyond using rubrics in the classroom; it gives them a way to design and customize rubrics of their own. The RubricMaker offers four basic rubric design types, all of which can quickly be customized to meet each teacher's specific needs. You can also "point and click" from a database of criteria samples and other screens of pre-written ideas. The RubricMaker, which is both Mac and Windows compatible, is simple enough for first-time rubric designers, yet sophisticated enough for "rubric veterans." Even students will be able to design rubrics, putting responsibility for their work into their own hands. Ten Sigma's RubricMaker will save teachers time and help them to make evaluation more fair and more consistent.
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Rubricator 4.0 New Measure, Inc. has created its Rubricator 4.0 to help teachers align their academic standards, performance tasks, criteria, rubrics/checklists (scoring guides), and lessons. With precision and ease, teachers sharpen their assessment design skills and discover that the challenges of performance assessment can be more effectively managed through the use of these work templates and tools.
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Examples of different rubrics The Iditarod Newsletter rubric is the assessment tool from an 8th grade performance unit on the Iditarod. Julie, a general education teacher, and Katie, who teaches special education, teach the Iditarod unit in an English collaborative classroom.
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How to Nurture a Sense of Belonging for Students With Disabilities
Prioritizing the inclusion of students with disabilities into all aspects of the school community ensures a welcoming learning environment.
School is a place where everyone should feel that they belong. However, for students with disabilities, this has not always been the case—the education system has a long history of exclusion and segregation when it comes to these students. It wasn’t that long ago that there was no expectation that children with disabilities should or could attend public schools, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act changed that by mandating that children with disabilities are entitled to a free appropriate public education alongside their peers with and without disabilities in the general education setting or least restrictive environment to the greatest extent possible. This is often easier said than done.
Moving From Exclusion Toward Inclusion
Children with disabilities have been brought into the public school setting amid their same-age peers without disabilities. However, the lives of students with and without disabilities still rarely intersect. In the absence of shared activities, strong social connections are unlikely to form. Integration falls short of fostering true belonging for students with disabilities within their school communities.
While situations have greatly improved, it has been a long journey from exclusion to segregation to integration to inclusion. The journey won’t be complete until we all embrace the next step, a sense of belonging. Belonging comes when each person in the school community feels valued and accepted by their peers and teachers. It is when everyone strives to create connections among students that reciprocal relationships can form and all parties can feel like true members of their school.
Simple Ways to Promote a Sense of Belonging
So how can this be accomplished? As Cheryl M. Jorgensen, Michael McSheehan, and Rae M. Sonnenmeir have written, school community members must go beyond simply allowing students with disabilities to be present in all school activities . They need to take an active role in promoting an atmosphere of belonging. Some can easily be integrated into daily classroom routines.
Consider the following six options to support a sense of belonging:
- During class discussions, regularly ask students with and without disabilities to share stories of when they felt welcomed by others. Students can learn from each other’s experiences.
- Engineer occasions for students with and without disabilities to collaborate on projects and assignments that offer both independent and group accountability so that students can learn to value every group member.
- Consider how peers can provide natural support to one another. Often adults are assigned to help and support children with disabilities. This can be marginalizing and exclusive. Encourage peers to support their classmates as friends and colleagues, not as helpers.
- Combine “ universal supports ” (those that benefit everyone) and “individualized supports” (those that an individual student might need) to make it more viable to meet the educational needs of all the students, such as visual schedules, timers, and flexible seating options.
- Integrate student choice, goal setting, and preferences into lessons and other class activities every day, such as offering flexible seating during independent work or options for self-assessment like rubrics and checklists for class and homework assignments.
- Make sure that students with disabilities are considered for schoolwide recognition, awards, and accolades available to any student.
When students with and without disabilities have plenty of well-supported opportunities to spend time together within and beyond the classroom, many preconceived notions or misconceptions about people with disabilities can be turned around simply through the experience of sharing space. Sometimes, though, it may take a bit more planning and collaboration.
Know Your Students and Build Community
Researcher Eric W. Carter advocates for expanding dimensions of belonging for students with disabilities . One way this can be done is by having teachers work together to create student profiles for all learners that emphasize student strengths. This ensures that everyone knows the positive qualities of students with (and without) disabilities. Ask parents, other teachers, and other students about students’ interests, preferences, desires, likes, dislikes, abilities, and talents.
Teachers can then use this information to group students for projects, assignments, or other social activities. For instance, rather than randomly grouping students, assign them to groups by a common like or dislike, favorite food, or least favorite school subject. This allows students to connect socially before taking on the assigned task. People tend to collaborate more effectively when they share a connection.
Design the School Environment to Meet Students’ Needs
According to research, creating a true culture of belonging needs to extend beyond the classroom and permeate the entire school environment . Schoolwide efforts might include conducting a walk-through of your school buildings and surrounding areas to identify any physical or environmental barriers that could prevent students with disabilities from accessing the location and the people within it.
Pay attention to how people at your school talk about students with disabilities. Do they emphasize the disability labels over the students? (For example, do they use phrases like “IEP [individualized education program] students” or “special ed students”?) Do they equate disability with deficit? Do their words and actions communicate acceptance and belonging, or do they tend more toward exclusion, discomfort, or intolerance?
Gently and respectfully interrupt these connotations each time you encounter them. Educate people voicing them, rather than scolding. When you hear “IEP students,” respond with “students with disabilities.” If you hear someone describing what a student cannot do, remind them of all the things the student can do.
It’s also helpful to plan schoolwide events and activities aligned with national awareness days and months: Developmental Disabilities (March), Down Syndrome (March 21 and October), Cerebral Palsy (March), Autism (April), Disability Pride Month (July), the UN International Day of Persons With Disabilities (December 3), and Inclusive Schools (December).
With our long history of exclusion and segregation of students with disabilities in education, shifting to a sense of belonging may feel like a big leap. We have come a long way, but we have a bit further to go.
Rewiring the classroom: How the COVID-19 pandemic transformed K-12 education
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- The pandemic changed K-12 classrooms through new technologies, instructional practices, and parent-teacher communications, along with an emphasis on social-emotional learning.
- Less tangibly, COVID-19 might have shifted perceptions of the value and purposes of K-12 schooling.
- The durability and effects of these changes remain unclear and will depend on how educational leaders and policymakers manage them.
In March 2020, virtually all public school districts in the U.S. shut their doors. For the next 18 months, schooling looked like it never had before. Homes became makeshift classrooms; parents became de facto teachers. But by fall 2022, many aspects of K-12 education had returned to “normal.” Schools resumed in-person classes, extracurricular activities flourished, and mask mandates faded.
But did schools really return to what they were before the COVID-19 pandemic? Our research suggests not. We interviewed teachers, school leaders, and district administrators across 12 districts in two states, and then we surveyed a nationally representative set of veteran educators in May 2023. We found that the COVID-19 pandemic transformed K-12 education in fundamental ways.
Below, we describe how the pandemic reshaped the educational landscape in these ways and we consider the opportunities and challenges these changes present for students, educators, and policymakers.
Accelerated adoption of technology
One of the most immediate and visible changes brought about by the pandemic was the rapid integration of technology into the classroom. Before COVID-19, many schools were easing into the digital age. The switch to remote learning in March 2020 forced schools to fully embrace Learning Management Systems (LMS), Zoom, and educational software almost overnight.
When students returned to in-person classrooms, the reliance on these digital tools persisted. Over 70% of teachers in our survey report that students are now assigned their own personal device (over 80% for secondary schools). LMS platforms like Google Classroom and Schoology remain essential in many schools. An assistant superintendent of a middle-income district remarked, “Google Classroom has become a mainstay for many teachers, especially middle school [and] high school.”
The platforms serve as hubs for posting assignments, accessing educational content, and enabling communication between teachers, students, and parents. They have become popular among parents as well. One teacher, who has school-age children herself, noted :
“Whereas pre-COVID…you’re hoping and praying your kids bring home information…[now] I can go on Google classroom and be like, ‘Oh, it says you worked on Mesopotamia today. What was that lesson about?’”
Transformed instructional practices
The pandemic’s impact on student learning was profound. Reading and math scores dropped precipitously, and the gap widened between more and less advantaged students. Many schools responded by adjusting their schedules or adopting new programs. Several mentioned adopting “What I need” (WIN) or “Power” blocks to accommodate diverse learning needs. During these blocks, teachers provide individualized support to students while others work on independent practice or extension activities.
Teachers report placing greater emphasis on small-group instruction and personalized learning. They spend less time on whole-class lecture and rely more on educational software (e.g., Lexia for reading and Zearn for math) to tailor instruction to individual student needs. A third-grade teacher in a low-income district explained:
“The kids are in so many different places, Lexia is very prescriptive and diagnostic, so it will give the kids specifically what level and what skills they need. [I] have a student who’s working on Greek and Latin roots, and then I have another kid who’s working on short vowel sounds. [It’s] much easier for them to get it through Lexia than me trying to get, you know, 18 different reading lessons.”
Teachers aren’t just using technology to personalize instruction. Having spent months gaining expertise with educational software, more teachers find it natural to integrate those programs into their classrooms today. Those teachers who used ed tech before report doing so even more now. They describe using software like Flowcabulary and Prodigy to make learning more engaging, and games such as Kahoot to give students practice with various skills. Products like Nearpod let them create presentations that integrate instruction with formative assessment. Other products, like Edpuzzle, help teachers monitor student progress.
Some teachers discovered how to use digital tools to save time and improve their communications to students. One elementary teacher, for example, explains even when her students complete an assignment by hand, she has them take a picture of it and upload it to her LMS:
“I can sort them, and I can comment on them really fast. So it’s made feedback better. [I have] essentially a portfolio of all their math, rather than like a hard copy that they could lose…We can give verbal feedback. I could just hit the mic and say, ‘Hey, double check number 6, your fraction is in fifths, it needs to be in tenths.’”
Increased emphasis on social-emotional learning
The pandemic also revealed and exacerbated the social-emotional challenges that students face. In our survey, nearly 40% of teachers report many more students struggling with depression and anxiety than before the COVID-19 pandemic; over 80% report having at least a few more students struggling.
These student challenges have changed teachers’ work. When comparing how they spend class time now versus before the pandemic, most teachers report spending more time on activities relating to students’ social-emotional well-being (73%), more time addressing behavioral issues (70%), and more time getting students caught up and reviewing routines and procedures (60%).
In response, schools have invested in social-emotional learning (SEL) programs and hired additional counselors and social workers. Some districts turned to online platforms such as Class Catalyst and CloseGap that allow students to anonymously report their emotional state on a daily basis, which helps school staff track students’ mental health.
Teachers also have been adapting their expectations of students. Many report assigning less homework and providing students more flexibility to turn in assignments late and retake exams.
Facilitated virtual communication between parents and teachers
The pandemic also radically reshaped parent-teacher communications. Mirroring trends across society, videoconferencing has become a go-to option. Schools use videoconferencing for regular parent-teacher conferences, along with meetings to discuss special education placements and disciplinary incidents. In our national survey, roughly one-half of teachers indicate that they conduct a substantial fraction of parent-teacher conferences online; nearly a quarter of teachers report that most of their interactions with parents are virtual.
In our interviews, teachers and parents gushed about the convenience afforded by videoconferencing, and some administrators believe it has increased overall parent participation. (One administrator observed, “Our attendance rates [at parent-teacher conferences] and interaction with parents went through the roof.”)
An administrator from a low-income district shared the benefits of virtual Individualized Education Plan (IEP) meetings:
“It’s rare that we have a face-to-face meeting…everything is Docusigned now. Parents love it because I can have a parent that’s working—a single mom that’s working full time—that can step out during her lunch break…[and] still interact with everybody.”
During the pandemic, many districts purchased a technology called Remind that allows teachers to use their personal smartphones to text with parents while blocking their actual phone number. We heard that teachers continue to text with parents, citing the benefits for quick check-ins or questions. Remind and many LMS also have translation capabilities that makes it easier for teachers and parents to overcome language barriers.
Moving forward
The changes described above have the potential to improve student learning and increase educational equity. They also carry risks. On the one hand, the growing use of digital tools to differentiate instruction may close achievement gaps, and the ubiquity of video conferencing could allow working parents to better engage with school staff. On the other hand, the overreliance on digital tools could harm students’ fine motor skills (one teacher remarked, “[T]heir handwriting sucks compared to how it used to be”) and undermine student engagement. Some new research suggests that relying on digital platforms might impede learning relative to the old-fashioned “paper and pencil” approach. And regarding virtual conferences, the superintendent of a small, rural district told us, “There’s a disconnect when we do that…No, I want the parents back in our buildings, I want people back. We’re [the school] a community center.”
Of course, some of the changes we observed may not persist. For example, fewer teachers may rely on digital tools to tailor instruction once the “COVID cohorts” have aged out of the system. As the emotional scars of the pandemic fade, schools may choose to devote fewer resources to SEL programming. It’s important to note, too, that many of the changes we found come from the adoption of new technology, and the technology available to educators will continue to evolve (e.g., with the integration of new AI technologies into personalized tutoring systems). That being said, now that educators have access to more instructional technology and—perhaps more importantly—greater familiarity with using such tools, they might continue to rely on them.
The changes brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic provide a unique opportunity to rethink and improve the structure of K-12 education. While the integration of technology and the focus on social-emotional learning offer promising avenues for enhancing student outcomes, they also require continuous evaluation. Indeed, these changes raise some questions beyond simple cost-benefit calculations. For example, the heightened role of ed tech raises questions about the proper role of the private sector in public education. As teachers increasingly “outsource” the job of instruction to software products, what might be lost?
Educational leaders and policymakers must ensure that these pandemic-inspired changes positively impact learning and address the evolving needs of students and teachers. As we navigate this new educational landscape, the lessons learned from this unprecedented time can serve as a guide for building a more resilient, equitable, and effective educational system for the future.
Beyond technological changes, COVID-19 shifted perspectives about K-12 schooling. A middle-school principal described a new mentality among teachers in her district, “I think we have all become more readily able to adapt…we’ve all learned to assess what we have in front of us and make the adjustments we need to ensure that students are successful.” And a district administrator emphasized how the pandemic highlighted the vital role played by schools:
“…we saw that when students were not in school. From a micro and macro level, the environment that a school creates to support you growing up…we realized how needed this network is…both academically and socially, in growing our citizens up to be productive in the world. And we are happy to have everyone back.”
At the end of the day, this realization may be one of the pandemic’s most enduring legacies.
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Teacher survey reveals rising concerns over student behavior in Connecticut schools
(WFSB) - A new survey conducted by the Connecticut Education Association in collaboration with Channel 3 has shed light on growing concerns among educators in Connecticut.
The survey, which collected insights from over 800 teachers, highlights significant issues related to student behavior and classroom disruptions.
Jen Rodriguez, a first-grade teacher, reported a noticeable increase in behaviors that the state classifies as challenging.
“You’re seeing a definite increase in what the state defines as challenging behavior. That disrupts their own learning and others in the classroom,” Rodriguez said.
The survey reveals that many Connecticut educators are dealing with students who are increasingly stressed, distracted, and dysregulated.
According to the survey, 44% of teachers have reported being threatened by students.
Additionally, nearly 500 teachers have had to evacuate their classrooms due to safety concerns or disruptions.
Rodriguez expressed concerns about the adequacy of teacher training for managing such behaviors.
“There’s a general sentiment that small children can’t cause harm and we as classroom teachers. We are not trained to de-escalation. We are not trained in trauma or restraint, nor do I feel comfortable being trained in certain aspects of that,” she said.
The survey also highlights physical safety issues, with 35% of teachers reporting being physically harmed by students through actions such as hitting, kicking, biting, pushing, or slapping.
Laura Clark, a fourth-grade teacher, pointed to several factors contributing to these problems, including mental health issues and the impact of screen time.
“Student mental health issues, just overwhelming frustration, inability to regulate their emotions due to many factors, screens being one of them,” Clark noted.
Classroom disruptions and the need for frequent evacuations can severely impact instructional time.
Clark emphasized, “If you’re having to evacuate three or four times a day, even if you’re the classroom across the hall, it’s a distraction and there’s no possible way you can teach what you have to teach when you have these disruptions.”
The survey also found that 60% of teachers view student discipline problems as a serious concern.
Support from special education staff, paraprofessionals, and tutors has declined due to budget cuts and the increasing challenges posed by student behavior.
Despite their low pay, these support staff play a critical role in classrooms by providing one-on-one assistance and additional supervision.
The comprehensive 54-page survey offers valuable insights into the challenges facing educators and underscores the need for improved support and resources in Connecticut’s schools.
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The University of Florida on Wednesday was ranked by Forbes as the No. 4 public university in the nation and among the top institutions in the country for return on investment, according to the magazine's 2024-25 list of America's Top Colleges.
Forbes used 14 different metrics to evaluate 500 colleges from across the U.S., including alumni salary, debt, graduation rate, return on investment and Forbes' own American Leaders List, which "aims to gauge the leadership and entrepreneurial success of a college’s graduates."
UF stood out for its ability “to offer students high earning potential with low debt burdens and a great return on their investment,” according to Forbes.
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“The University of Florida has had an unparalleled trajectory,” said Interim President Kent Fuchs in a news release. “We are going to keep our foot on the gas to enhance our university’s excellence and reputation.”
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Judge Sides With Study Abroad Organization, Dismissing Student's Refund Request After Program Changes During Pandemic
In a Monday opinion, U.S. District Judge Joan B. Gottschall for the Northern District of Illinois granted study abroad organization, the Institute for the International Education of Student's motion to dismiss breach of contract and unjust enrichment claims brought by then-University of Virginia student, Kristen Galban.
August 29, 2024 at 04:33 PM
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A federal judge in Illinois dismissed a college student’s request for a partial refund after a European study abroad program was cut short because of the COVID-19 pandemic, concluding a clause in the organization’s contract offered “no refunds.”
In a Monday opinion , U.S. District Judge Joan B. Gottschall for the Northern District of Illinois granted study abroad organization, the Institute for the International Education of Student’s motion to dismiss breach of contract and unjust enrichment claims brought by then-University of Virginia student, Kristen Galban. Galban sought a refund after her semester-long study abroad program in Vienna, Austria was cut short and moved online in spring 2020, due to the global pandemic.
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