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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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The teacher as civic agitator
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Money Matters: A Reporter's Guide to School Finance
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NEA comes out swinging against NCLB
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Raising Math Achievement in Massachusetts
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Historical ignorance, continued
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Bloomberg gives up on English language immersion
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Special ed: close, but no reform
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Civics and history bill moves forward
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Hispanic Youth Dropping Out of U.S. Schools: Measuring the Challenge
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Support for graduation requirements not what it seems
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Higher standards or grade inflation?
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Standards-based Middle Grades Reform in Six Urban Districts, 1995-2001
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