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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
Performative teaching is undermining trust in schools
Rigorous courses are a good thing—and good for equity
There’s a fiscal cliff coming, and some districts appear hell-bent on making it worse
A flawed study of Indiana’s voucher program
The Education Gadfly Show #788: Has the pandemic caused an exodus to charter schools?
Cheers and Jeers: September 23, 2021
What we're reading this week: September 23, 2021
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Five crucial considerations to protect social and emotional learning
School choice is a better instrument for racial justice than critical race theory
Blinding ourselves to America’s achievement woes
Ohio data show the pandemic's heavy toll on student achievement and the importance of in-person learning
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