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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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Voting on Vouchers: A Socio-Political Analysis of California Proposition 38, Fall 2000
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Who Says It's a Good School?
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Is the GED equivalent to a high school diploma?
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Student Academic Achievement in Charter Schools: What We Know and Why We Know So Little
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Transforming Public Schools: The Houston Annenberg Challenge Research and Evaluation Study, Year Two Summary Report
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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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Districts to abandon reduced class sizes in California
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Building Civic Capacity: The Politics of Reforming Urban Schools
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The New York Times debates reading methods
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Milwaukee public schools respond to competition
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Enhancing Teacher Quality through Knowledge- and Skills-based Pay
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Better teachers in NYC: recruiting outsiders and retraining veterans
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