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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.
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Resources for learning from home during Covid-19 school closures
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Smiling through: Thirty-two resources for entertaining energetic preschoolers during daycare and preschool closures
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Great YouTube channels for middle schoolers and high schoolers for learning from home during COVID-19 school closures
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Ways your whole family can volunteer during the COVID-19 crisis
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A test for the test: Moving the AP exams online
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6 ways districts can deliver quality virtual instruction
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Public sector unions dodge a bullet in Friedrichs case
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The Hammered History of the Federal Role in Education
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Education and the 2016 presidential campaign: A wasted moment with the wannabe candidates
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Senate pulls a fast one, confirms the wrong Education Secretary
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Be careful what you wish for: Lessons from an education-only presidential debate
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Education wonks take step back, see smaller picture
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Partially Prudent: Hamilton's Effects on Students
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Nothing Matters: Classroom Discipline and Student Achievement
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Specters, upshots, and the devout
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The Lovitz edition
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How tracking can raise the test scores of high-ability minority students
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The long-term effects of disruptive peers
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