ABSTRACT
This chapter reports on-the-ground observations of teaching in general and special education in the United States during the pandemic. These observations are intended to indicate some of the practical problems faced by general and special education teachers, not only in the United States. It offers suggestions for needed research regarding the details-the "nitty-gritty" of instruction and behavior management and how these might be different for in-person and virtual teaching. The observations and suggestions are intended to spur research of the problems that describe and help researchers think of other issues or difficulties they might address. More than two years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, many schools in the United States were completely or partially closed for in-person learning. Special education has become extremely uncertain for many students with disabilities placed in general education, sometimes leaving them "in limbo", as some have put it. Schools have been working fervently to increase students' social/emotional well-being, but students are still left with high levels of stress and anxiety, negatively affecting their success in school. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)