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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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Are charter schools more cost-effective than traditional public schools?
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Where is the next "education governor"?
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Let's make sure graduates actually know what's in the state standards
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The art and science of charter school authorizing
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Behind the curtain of Ohio school choice
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Tie high school graduation to student attendance and passing grades
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Three lessons policymakers can learn from the Gates Foundation
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Scaling New Orleans's Charter Restart Model: 5 takeaways from CREDO's evaluation
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The Parable of the River: Bedtime reading for the education reform (A.K.A. "repair") community
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Howard Fuller on school segregation
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Five reasons we all should care that a new NAEP is almost here
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The effectiveness of Los Angeles's new teacher hiring and screening process
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