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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 world is phat
"Tiger," no longer a compliment
To Banter or Not to Banter
Thomas seeks friends
Timely discussion
What our Education Reform Idol contestants accomplished this year on collective bargaining and benefits reform
A Times Derby: Gates, Parents, Rhee, and, of course, ?Beyond Tests? with Michael Winerip
News of the World: rocketships, suburban charters, parent triggers, cheating, merit pay -- and even Winerip does good
There's ?snow? question about it, kids can't afford lost instructional time
Cultural training is no more "delusional" than thinking there are no racial/religious conflicts in public schools
Anne Bryant: It's ?wrong? for unions to ?buy? school board seats
Live blogging the 21st century skills debate: Ravitch disputes the idea that content has been king
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