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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
Understanding the roles of public charter school boards and authorizers
Disputing Mike and Aaron on ESSA school ratings
Charter board members shape D.C.'s charter sector in a thousand small ways
Competency-based education can better inform parents, students, and teachers
Is the "educator voice" missing on charter school boards?
Charter Schools at Twenty-Five: Humdrum or Revolutionary?
Why states should use student growth, and not proficiency rates, when gauging school effectiveness
Which text-set approach is right for you?
Does preschool add value?
Maryland school calendars: From bad to worse
The civility edition
How performance evaluation reform affects the teacher labor market
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