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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
Coming to our senses on poverty
How mandatory college entrance exams affect matriculation
The effects of teacher effectiveness on student achievement
Hard lessons from Ohio’s innovation fund
Ohio’s charter sector continues to contract, and here’s why that’s worrisome
Illiteracy in Ohio: Where does the buck stop?
No, Common Core did not increase student suicides. And claiming it did is reprehensible.
A maverick's take on data
The NAACP model charter law isn't much of a model
How stakes affect the accuracy and efficacy of teacher ratings
Surprise: Some schools are better than others
The NAACP's duplicitous engagement of black families on charter schools is a betrayal
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