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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
Does this school deserve an A, a B, or a C?
Why curriculum alone is not enough
The Covid generation: Best readers ever in fourth grade, worst readers ever by twelfth
How to help students when they need it most—when they aren’t at school
Six ways for state leaders to invigorate U.S. civics and history learning
NAEP scores show top students are struggling, too
On the negative NAEP news, and the real reason screen time is hurting student learning | Episode 986 of The Education Gadfly Show
Cellphone bans are not enough
What can schools really do about mass shootings?
Yes, obesity is a problem, but the Presidential Fitness Test isn’t a solution
Revisiting research on who gets into elite colleges and how it affects their lives
School choice, regulation, and Democrats’ defense of public schools, with Ashley Jochim | Episode 985 of The Education Gadfly Show
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