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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 Education Gadfly Show: Are schools ready for an economic downturn?
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A moonshot for kids
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Kamala Harris comes out swinging on education and picks the unions over students and parents
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Moms and choice: An interview with Abigail Hasberry from San Antonio, Texas
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Liberation theology is no savior for low-income schools
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Achievement quandaries
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Are grantmakers giving up on education reform?
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New Mexico lawmakers just ruined the state's strong system for rating schools
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What charter school applications and approvals say about the state of authorizing
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Is teaching's diversity problem getting worse?
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The Education Gadfly Show: Education’s philanthropic shift
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At a tough time for education reform, Colorado defeat of charter school-defunding bill offers a ray of hope
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