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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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Better teachers in NYC: recruiting outsiders and retraining veterans
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From TAAS To TAKS: A Progress Report on New Assessment for Texas Public Schools
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Tuition Tax Credits: A Model for School Choice
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Fifty Modern Thinkers on Education: From Piaget to the Present
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Districts to abandon reduced class sizes in California
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Evaluating the Accelerated Schools Approach: A Look at Early Implementation and Impacts on Student Achievement in Eight Elementary Schools
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Building Civic Capacity: The Politics of Reforming Urban Schools
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No Child Left Behind: the untold story
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State budgets for education to shrink in lean economic times
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Double Standard in Voucher Research
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Reform-minded philanthropists need a strategy for education reform
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