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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
Enhancing Teacher Quality through Knowledge- and Skills-based Pay
From TAAS To TAKS: A Progress Report on New Assessment for Texas Public Schools
Better teachers in NYC: recruiting outsiders and retraining veterans
Tuition Tax Credits: A Model for School Choice
Fifty Modern Thinkers on Education: From Piaget to the Present
Evaluating the Accelerated Schools Approach: A Look at Early Implementation and Impacts on Student Achievement in Eight Elementary Schools
Districts to abandon reduced class sizes in California
Building Civic Capacity: The Politics of Reforming Urban Schools
Milwaukee public schools respond to competition
The New York Times debates reading methods
No Child Left Behind: the untold story
State budgets for education to shrink in lean economic times
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