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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
NBPTS-certified teachers flunk value-added test in Tennessee
Facing the Challenges of Whole-School Reform: New American Schools After A Decade
New American Schools, Driven By Results, A Decade of Experience, and other papers
The myth of the special ed burden
Teachers' Professional Lives: A View from Nine Industrialized Countries
Staying on Course in Education Reform
Do we really need school boards?
"Lost at Sea": New Teachers' Experiences with Curriculum and Assessment
School Choice or Best Systems: What Improves Education?
Toward smarter education philanthropy
What's Public About Charter Schools? Lessons Learned about Choice and Accountability
MegaSkills
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