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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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SAT and adversity: Taking a second look
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Teacher diversity in North Carolina: Sector differences in exposure and impact raise questions about how benefits are felt
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Teacher diversity is yet another area where charter schools excel
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The making of an edu-myth: The 30-million-word gap has not been “debunked”
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Back to the future: How to rescue and reinvent special education
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The Education Gadfly Show: The benefits of having a same-race teacher
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Beating the drum for charter schools
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The education-health care perplex
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Fordham-CAP “Moonshot for Kids” competition is now open
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Good jobs don’t always require college
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Spelling bees and Tiger Woods
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Schools aren’t democracies, but they shouldn’t be autocracies either
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