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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
Are small schools really better?
Big city districts gaining on state tests
Teachers complain that principals won't back them up on discipline
Teach for America asks districts to pay for teachers
Creating a System of Accountability: The Impact of Instructional Assessment on Elementary Children's Achievement Test Scores
Our Education: The Student's Voice in Education Reform
Bill to boost history and civics education introduced
Voucher leader faces tough fight in Milwaukee school board election
The Value of Value-Added Analysis
Who's Teaching Your Children?
The Hijacking of Teacher Reform
No Child Left Behind--What's in it for Parents: A Guide for Parent Leaders and Advocates
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