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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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Five takeaways from Ohio’s 2017 NAEP results
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NAEP scores are inexcusably stuck in the mud, but we can get them out
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NAEP 2017: America's "Lost Decade" of educational progress
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Are High School Diplomas Really a Ticket to College and Work?
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Louisiana provides parents a complete view of school quality—cradle to career
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America’s “lost decade” of academic achievement
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Louisiana's remarkable reading test
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Seven story lines to follow when the NAEP results are released next week
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The benefits of attending National Heritage Academy for-profit charter schools
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How smartphones affect undergraduate cognition
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An answer to ESSA plan shortcomings: State solutions
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Why Betsy DeVos will make a great White House chief of staff
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