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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
Reforming Relationships: School Districts, External Organizations, and Systemic Change
The teacher as civic agitator
Money Matters: A Reporter's Guide to School Finance
NEA comes out swinging against NCLB
Making the Michigan cases moot
Private Schools for the Poor: A Case Study From India
The State of District charters
Bloomberg gives up on English language immersion
Special ed: close, but no reform
Civics and history bill moves forward
Hispanic Youth Dropping Out of U.S. Schools: Measuring the Challenge
Support for graduation requirements not what it seems
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