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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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What we're reading this week: June 17, 2021
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Cumulative effects: How Boston’s exam school enrollment pipeline locks out too many students of color
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The Education Gadfly Show #773: Should schools offer a virtual option this fall?
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What we're reading this week: June 10, 2021
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Cheers and Jeers: June 10, 2021
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The recovery plans we need and how to develop them
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President Biden’s $220,000,000,000 “American Family Plan” should also pivot home
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Wonkathon 2021: Addressing students’ mental health needs coming out of the pandemic
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Charter schools at 30: Looking back, looking ahead
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Tennessee’s excellent plan to address unfinished learning
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Zombie ideas in education
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The Education Gadfly Show #772: What’s going to happen to the NAEP reading test?
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