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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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What Betsy DeVos should say about vouchers, LGBT rights, and religious liberty
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Civil rights and private schools: An explainer
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Mike Petrilli vs. Liz King on setting utopian goals in education reform
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Colorado did its part to alleviate charter funding inequities. Other states should follow.
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How should Ohio seek to improve its lowest achieving public schools?
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A discussion of where states are headed on ESSA accountability
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A gifted ed teacher's secrets to success
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The teacher diversity edition
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The effects of a district receivership in Massachusetts
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Keeping up as Denver Public Schools keep getting better
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The prevalence of part-day absenteeism
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Advice for Secretary DeVos from five public relations professionals
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