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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
We need better civics education, but it won’t happen anytime soon
How to strengthen U.S. history and civics standards
Dan Willingham’s "Why Don’t Students Like School" stands the test of time. That was the point.
How gender gaps in math and literacy change as students age
The Education Gadfly Show #776: Can curriculum reform succeed where the rest of standards-based reform failed?
Cheers and Jeers: July 1, 2021
What we're reading this week: July 1, 2021
Proof that it’s possible to approach civics and U.S. history in a balanced way
Teaching U.S. history and civics in America’s pluralistic society
Five pandemic-era education practices that deserve to be dumped in the dustbin
Evaluating state intervention in low-performing districts 2011–2016
The Education Gadfly Show #775: The State of State Standards for Civics and U.S. History
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