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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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Differences between classroom assignments in low- and high-poverty schools
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The tragic lack of progress for Ohio’s low-income and black students
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Why I would never opt my kids out of tests
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The broad, long-term success of DC public charter schools
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Yes, impacts on test scores matter
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Findings about school choice programs shouldn't be applied to individual schools
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Three education reform ideas for wannabe governors
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Can social studies get even worse?
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Keep what's valuable in the discipline guidance—but drop the racial quotas
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A better curriculum in the Bayou State
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No, the new GAO report on discipline doesn't prove racial disparities are caused predominantly by racial bias
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