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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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Data everywhere, but useful analysis is in short supply
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A new year for education?
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Teacher Turnover and Teacher Shortages: An Organizational Analysis
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How not to secure a qualified teacher for every classroom
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Quality Counts 2002: Building Blocks for Success
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Two gripes to start the new year
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ESEA, IDEA: It's all about phonics
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Not a ParodyWhy education research struggles for respect
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New bill puts value-added analysis in the spotlight
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America's Meltdown: Why We Are Losing the Skills Wars and What We Can Do About It
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A Small but Costly Step Toward Reform: The Conference Education Bill
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Information Technology and the Goals of Standards-Based Instruction: Advances and Continuing Challenges
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