Students with reading challenges need adequate access to internet and support from caregivers to make the reading progress they need during COVID

Supporting students with reading challenges during COVID


Students with reading challenges need adequate access to internet and support from caregivers to make the reading progress they need during COVID

It's been said a million times: COVID-19 delivered a school year like no other. The challenges of an abrupt shift to virtual and hybrid instruction shed light on socio-economic disparities, the struggle for internet and device access, and the difficulties in getting resources to students with special needs.

A new survey of more than 800 teachers reveals how teachers of students with reading challenges such as dyslexia, cerebral palsy, and low vision encountered even more challenges as they searched for unique and innovative ways to support learning for these students. The survey comes from nonprofit ebook library Bookshare.

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