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Resources for learning from home during Covid-19 school closures
With more than half of states closing their schools due to the coronavirus pandemic, hundreds of thousands of parents, grandparents, and other caregivers have become de facto “home schoolers” practically overnight. Students in this situation will likely be spending a fair amount of time on screens—as a lifeline, respite, or both. We have compiled some excellent suggestions—updated several times since initial publication—for making at least some of that time educational.
Resources for learning from home during Covid-19 school closures
Smiling through: Thirty-two resources for entertaining energetic preschoolers during daycare and preschool closures
Great YouTube channels for middle schoolers and high schoolers for learning from home during COVID-19 school closures
Ways your whole family can volunteer during the COVID-19 crisis
A test for the test: Moving the AP exams online
6 ways districts can deliver quality virtual instruction
Now That I'm Here
Signs of real commitment to school reform in Minnesota
Letter from New York City: Bloomberg's reforms
Testing critics use fuzzy math to prove their point
Nightmare for a novice teacher in DC
Random Assignment in Program Evaluation and Intervention Research: Questions and Answers
Staying on Course
How not to attract effective principals
A Mixed bag in this month's Kappan
Schools That Do Too Much
Finn misses the boat on vouchers
An Analysis of Some Unintended and Negative Consequences of High-Stakes Testing
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