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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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#868: Virginia’s new history and social science standards, with Andy Rotherham
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“A Nation at Risk” still has a message for today, forty years later
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In defense of education culture wars
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Stiff headwinds for civic education
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Should selective high school admissions be decided by a one-shot test?
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The problematic variation in socioeconomic status measures
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Cheers and Jeers: April 27, 2023
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What we're reading this week: April 27, 2023
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#867: How Core Knowledge schools boost students’ reading comprehension, with Robert Pondiscio
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“A Nation at Risk” warned of “a rising tide of mediocrity.” Forty years later, little has changed.
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I’m pro–public education. That’s why I want universal education savings accounts to succeed.
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Character formation is central to a liberal education: The example of Wake Forest University
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