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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
Shopping for Evidence Against School Accountability
A Matter of Definition: Is there truly a shortage of school principals?
Seattle superintendent resigns amidst financial troubles
Education in Iraq
USDOE suggests that states create test-based routes to full teacher certification
Strategic Investment in Ideas: How Two Foundations Reshaped America
State Support to Low-Performing Schools
New York Times smears No Child Left Behind
College instructors value grammar more than high school teachers do
L.A. school board votes to oppose state testing requirement
Perceived Effects of State-Mandated Testing Programs on Teaching and Learning: Findings from Interviews with Educators in Low-, Medium-, and High-Stakes States
Another Look at the New York City Voucher Experiment
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