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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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The 1619 Project perpetuates the soft bigotry of low expectations
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Questions after that New York Times article on the teaching of reading? Here are some answers.
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Has Trump turned against charter schools?
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Training teachers to fail
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AP versus the excellence gap
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The harm of special education enrollment caps
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Associate degrees and certificates are more valuable than you may think
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The Education Gadfly Show: Why teachers with higher grading standards get better student outcomes
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Beware the Democrats’ new teachers-union-loyalty test
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Lamar Alexander’s education legacy
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Students learn more from teachers with high grading standards
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The Florida LGBTQ controversy: A gut-check moment for school choice
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