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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: The state of school choice
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Are states promoting financial literacy?
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An open letter to my ed school dean
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Education is no longer a political winner, and that's a problem
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Should states use test-score-based accountability systems? If so, how? If not, why?
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The Education Gadfly Show: The consequences of grade inflation
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Hey, Marc Tucker: You don't have to travel to Singapore or Shanghai to see world-class systems
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Education research: What is it good for? (Absolutely nothing? Say it again.)
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Menlo Park Academy gives gifted children in Cleveland a unique space where they can thrive
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School districts struggle to adopt high-quality curriculums
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Do private schools avoid voucher programs because of excessive regulation?
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Exploring the relationships between poverty and school performance
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