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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 best way to help students who are several grade levels behind is to do a better job of following their progress, or lack of it, in the long term
Closing student achievement gaps requires both rigorous grade-level work and personalized learning
Why hiring more veterans as teachers would benefit them, our communities, and our children
2019 WONKATHON RUNNER-UP: Teachers and curricula aren’t enough for below-grade-level students. They also require scalable strategies tailored to their needs.
Fostering teacher quality and expertise is the best way to help students who are several grade levels behind
NAEP 2019: The terrible impact of the Great Recession
To ensure success for all students, state assessment makers must be learners, too
If we want to accelerate student learning, we need to redesign the school day
Parent communication, not data, is the problem when it comes to below-grade-level students
Engaging families, early and often, is the best way to help students who are several grade levels behind
Staying on the shelf: Why rigorous new curricula aren’t being used
High achievers are doing better on NAEP, and that’s good news. Period.
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