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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
The first 17 ESSA accountability plans correct many NCLB-era errors
Can personalized learning prevail?
Louisiana threads the needle: Curriculum reform in a local-control state
On school segregation, teachers union president Randi Weingarten is projecting
ESSA, innovation, and optimism
As high school grades rise, SAT scores fall
More than just numbers: Policy implications of the latest CREDO charter study
A gifted child's perspective: Summer inspiration
How states can avoid proficiency rates when measuring academic achievement under ESSA
Education philanthropy and the unfinished business of policy reform
When the language of privilege is "Git-R-Done"
DeVos needs to offer principled clarity on ESSA
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