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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
When it comes to catching kids up, let’s stop with the generalities
Shooting the test-messenger to end accountability
Elementary school teachers should stay with their students this fall
Transcending the tedium: Effects of repetitive teaching on professors and students
The Education Gadfly Show: A blueprint for reopening schools
An orderly return to school in the fall is unlikely
COVID-19 cancelled state assessments for the spring. Should we push for permanent reductions in testing going forward?
To keep students engaged, build up their “vocational selves.” Here’s how.
On IDEA, Betsy DeVos did the right thing. Some school districts missed an opportunity.
Given the pandemic, give students in Title I elementary schools the gift of extra time
Spillover: Charting the effects of the opioid crisis on educational attainment
The Education Gadfly Show: Schools and social distancing: Just hard, or actually impossible?
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