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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
The effectiveness of contemporary career academies
Predicting student success in credit-bearing college courses
Neighborhood kid grows up to lead promising local charter school
The collapse of academic standards
Fat chance for Trump's skinny budget
A painful ESSA setback in Maryland
White kids can't read, either (and other unacknowledged truths)
The Achilles Heel of charter growth—overregulation
The state of American girls in 2017
Suspensions' questionable effect on graduation rates
Cracking down on e-schools: What’s with the double standard?
When grading schools, parents care about student growth
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