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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.
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Resources for learning from home during Covid-19 school closures
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Smiling through: Thirty-two resources for entertaining energetic preschoolers during daycare and preschool closures
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Great YouTube channels for middle schoolers and high schoolers for learning from home during COVID-19 school closures
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Ways your whole family can volunteer during the COVID-19 crisis
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A test for the test: Moving the AP exams online
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6 ways districts can deliver quality virtual instruction
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Janet Napolitano, back in the running for Secretary of Education?
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What to read into the Reading First study
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Janet Napolitano moves into second place in the ed sec race
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The Republican innovators take on the Democratic innovations
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Will Obama kill education reform?
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The Financial Crisis and State/Local Defined Benefit Plans
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The Year in Review: Big changes in Fordham's charter-school profile
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Former top teacher offers Ed Trust meeting ideas for better teaching
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about the Obamas' school choices
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The tragic tale of one harried education researcher's quest for data.</p>
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Data-palooza
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Bill Richardson for Secretary of Education
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