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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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“Public education sucks” is a weak argument for school choice
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Groundhog Day for school discipline
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The case for partisan school board elections
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Busting the belief gap via regular student assessment
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Five ideas for recruiting and retaining more Black and Hispanic teachers
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The Education Gadfly Show #781: The House Democrats’ attack on charter schools
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Cheers and Jeers: August 5, 2021
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What we're reading this week: August 5, 2021
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We’re moving toward a more student-focused, parent-directed, pluralistic K–12 system
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Districts are failing special-needs students. School choice is helping.
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Remote instruction is to blame for plummeting test scores
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Biden’s anticompetitive moves on charters and choice
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