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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
Betsy DeVos's team stumbles on ESSA
NCLB, adequate yearly progress, and effects on student behavior
How charters stack up against selective traditional public schools
The effects of racial and ethnic teacher bias on student achievement
Success Academy puts its "School Blueprints" online: How many will follow the lead of our highest achieving charter network?
Why isn't education research more useful to policymakers?
Suburbanites want isolated public school districts, but broad choice can tear down those walls
We must find a better way to rank high schools and measure college readiness
Beware of fake policy solutions
Turning students into teachers
An interview with Caprice Young, Charter School Hall of Fame inductee
Research roundup: Interdistrict Open Enrollment in Ohio
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