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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
Growth of the Teacher Advancement Program: Teaching as the Opportunity 2002
Moving Past the Politics: How Alternative Certification Can Promote Comprehensive Teacher Development Reforms
California threatens home schoolers
Charter Schools and Accountability in Public Education
Leaving many children behind
Teachers exploit loophole in law to qualify for extra pension money
Algebra for everyone?
Purging history and literature from the schools
CliffsNotes for education statistics
Hard Lessons: The Promise of an Inner City Charter School
Finding the Right Balance
Showdowns over vouchers in state courts
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