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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 case for adding a second 2nd grade to high-poverty elementary schools
Diversify gifted education, but don't stop there
Let's be careful how we use unified enrollment systems
Would encouraging more students to retake the SAT narrow college-enrollment gaps?
Why a donation website for schools in need should stop excluding private schools
What can we learn from teenagers' approaches and attitudes toward school?
Kids don't have to love reading to read great books
Students and technology access
As grades inflate, standardized tests keep us grounded
As grades inflate, standardized tests keep us grounded
Betsy DeVos's (mostly) strong National Constitution Day address
Five public charter schools making waves for their take on the vocational model
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