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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
Schools are largely neglecting advanced learners before high school
A new lost generation: Disengaged, aimless, and adrift
LIFO policies harm teacher diversity, teacher quality, and student learning
How some schools are changing staffing styles due to shortages
Cheers and Jeers: May 2, 2024
What we're reading this week: May 2, 2024
#918: The broken pipeline of advanced education, with Adam Tyner
Left out by design: How to better identify advanced students from marginalized backgrounds
When it comes to charter schools, slow and steady wins the race
Time for a ceasefire in the civics wars
The history of ed reform shows that progress is possible
Teacher evaluation reform was very successful—on paper
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