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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
Knowledge needs champions
Failing by design: How we make teaching too hard for mere mortals
Choosy states choose...choice!
ESSA's hidden treasure
Help Goldman Sachs profit off of at-risk teens
Will states and parents seize ESSA's opportunities?
ESSA: The potential of direct student services
Test score gains predict long-term outcomes, so we shouldn't be too shy about using them
Regulators need to use test scores with great care
Four ways to fuel healthy competition in education
Is "district" an operative word?
Test scores don't tell us everything, but they certainly tell us something about school quality and student success
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