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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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What Stanley Kaplan taught us about the S.A.T.: it measures effort, not aptitude
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Career Academies: Impacts on Students' Initial Transitions to Post-Secondary Education and Employment
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Dispelling the Myth Revisited: Preliminary Findings from a Nationwide Analysis of "High-Flying Schools"
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The Global Education Industry: Lessons from Private Education in Developing Countries
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The story behind puzzling dropout figures
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Generation gap among teachers argues for flexibility in the profession
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Rhetoric versus Reality: What We Know and What We Need to Know About Vouchers and Charter Schools
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Civic Education: Readying Massachusetts' Next Generation of Citizens
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Why the new ESEA testing requirement will fuel school finance litigation
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Troubling lessons in Palestinian textbooks
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Enron's collapse and school accountability
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Research-based practices less popular than social engineering in some fields
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