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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 Houston Federation of Teachers plays the Trump card
Mississippi rising? A partial explanation for its NAEP improvement is that it holds students back
The different ways schools go about character development
The Education Gadfly Show: The effects of early college programs
Parents at Elizabeth Warren rally are done being ignored, and they’re fighting back
Even more social engineering in New York schools
Montgomery County, Maryland, talks a good game on “equity.” Now it has a chance to walk it, too.
Time to press “pause” on credit recovery
A simple, low-cost way to improve the student teaching experience
The Education Gadfly Show: The obstacles of evidence-based practices
Social capital and schools’ opportunity equation
Shining a light on bright students
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