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