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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
Scaling up college-mentoring programs with technology
Using the news to build knowledge
Why are 6.1 million students using Newsela?
Charter school authorizing in post-Katrina New Orleans
What are "text sets," and why use them in the classroom?
Missing Al Shanker
"Why do I have to explain my answer?" Advice for parents in the age of Common Core
The special education edition
The benefits of voluntary summer learning programs for low-income urban students
Massachusetts's charter school cap harms disadvantaged students
Do high school courses prepare kids for college?
How to solve the school closure conundrum
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