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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 effects of good teacher professional development on student achievement
Rich insights on poverty
Effective reading instruction in spite of New York's lackluster standards
The State Of D.C. Charter Schools: Where We’ve Been And Where We’re Going
New model law from the National Alliance acknowledges the elephant in the room: Virtual charter schools
Charter schools are reinventing local control
School closures, charter takeovers, and student performance in Louisiana
The effects of early-grade retention in Florida
America's citizen-readiness deficit
What a Democratic wave election would mean for education reform
It's dangerous to deny the existence of implicit bias
Raising more than test scores: A new study examines the "no excuses" Noble Network of Charter Schools in Chicago
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