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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
No, the GAO did not find that school segregation is on the rise
Charter Icahnoclast
Taking reform straight to parents and teachers
Market malfunctions in the charter sector
Standard deviations: Creative writers take standardized writing tests?
We need to take a closer look at charter school graduation rates
Hillary Clinton quotes about education
William Weld quotes about education
Secretary King is wrong: ESEA was not a civil rights law
Auditor Yost visits high-performing United Preparatory Academy
Charter school pluralism: "No-excuses" and beyond
Race is a red herring in the battle for better schools
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