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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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Origins of the term "gadfly"
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What mothers - and America - get out of homeschooling
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Briefing Papers on Vouchers
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How Community-Based Organizations Can Start Charter Schools
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Destination: The American Dream
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How New American Schools became old school
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Can a national test save the Bush accountability plan?
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Backgrounders on ESEA
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What lies ahead for charter schools?
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Fourth Annual Report on School Performance
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Parents get objective evaluation of school systems for the first time
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Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 1999-2000
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