DISTANCE LEARNING: Challenges Providing Services to K-12 English Learners and Students with Disabilities during COVID-19.

The article presents a report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) which examined the logistical and instructional challenges of distance learning, particularly for English learners and students with disabilities, during school closures in 2020 at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics covered include the lessons learned from providing distance learning, and factors that complicated the delivery of special education services during distance learning.