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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
Are AP classes losing their luster?
Taking Charge: Urban High School Students Speak Out About MCAS, Academics and Extra-Help Programs
Coming of Age in the 1990s: The Eighth Grade Class of 1988 12 Years Later
A good middle school is hard to find
Revolution at the Margins: The Impact of Competition on Urban School Systems
Taking charter school accountability seriously
High-Stakes Testing, Uncertainty, and Student Learning
Maryland teachers' union grabbing power to negotiate curriculum
Are Increasing Test Scores in Texas Really a Myth, or is Haney's Myth a Myth?
Chicago union to offer graduate degree
San Diego's Big Boom: District Bureaucracy Supports Culture of Learning
The Preschool Establishment Strikes Back
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