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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
America's graduation rate malfeasance is a symptom of a broken system
Examining academic growth in Chicago Public Schools
The Olympian challenges facing America's high schools
Let's be forthright about D.C. Public Schools' diploma scandal
The narrowing curriculum
Ohio could take a cue from Indiana on diplomas
The debate on school discipline reform
Direct Instruction: The Rodney Dangerfield of curriculum
Refuting common Common Core misconceptions
Not so universal agreement on universal pre-K
Time for twelfth grade state-level NAEP
How Ohio could pursue curriculum reform
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