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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
The Betrayed Generation: Standards in British Schools 195-2
Technology Counts 2001: The New Divides
Differences in the Gender Gap: Comparisons Across Racial/Ethnic Groups in Education and Work
Is Testing Only Good for Poor Kids?
Closing The Deal, Citizens' Commission on Civil Rights
Written Off: Texas' Dropout Problem
Knowing What Students Know: The Science and Design of Educational Assessment
Measuring What Matters: Using Assessment and Accountability to Improve Student Learning
Direct Instruction and the Teaching of Early Reading: Wisconsin's Teacher-Led Insurgency, Wisconsin Policy Research Institute
Clearing up the confusion over testing
New York City's Public Schools: The Facts About Spending and Performance
Adequate Yearly What?
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