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Two silent films from 100 years ago will have live musical accompaniment provided by two contemporary bands during a unique performance March 7 at the New London Little Theatre. The popular Duluth band, Burn Brothers Mountain, will play a live soundtrack to the 1921-film "A Bear, A Boy and A Dog" and the Minneapolis band, Electric Yarn, will play their live music to the 1919 silent film, "Oyster Princess." Tickets are $15
Virtual Learning Comes With Added Curve For Special Ed Students
by Mara Klecker, Star Tribune/TNS | January 12, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS Lisa Juliar was resolved when distance learning began last spring: She’d do whatever she could to offer her son the kind of one-on-one assistance he’d been getting at school.
But even with her help, Cooper, a senior at Mounds View High School, has struggled mightily with distance learning. He has a rare chromosomal condition called Cri-du-chat that affects his speech and language, and he’s had trouble expressing himself during Zoom classes. He sometimes grows so frustrated he starts screaming, grabbing at his mother’s hair and even slamming the laptop shut.
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Lisa Juliar was resolved when distance learning began last spring: She d do whatever she could to offer her son the kind of one-on-one assistance he d been getting at school.
But even with her help, Cooper, a senior at Mounds View High School, has struggled mightily with distance learning. He has a rare chromosomal condition called Cri-du-chat that affects his speech and language, and he s had trouble expressing himself during Zoom classes. He sometimes grows so frustrated he starts screaming, grabbing at his mother s hair and even slamming the laptop shut. These are not behaviors he had in school, Juliar said. It s not that the teachers aren t doing as much as they can, but distance learning just isn t working for my son.