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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
Using equity reports to drive school improvement in D.C.
Four ideas for Montgomery County Public Schools
Finding life lessons for students on the obituary page
Marriage as a springboard to the middle class
Memo to teachers' unions: Now might be a good time to start panicking
The state-led ESEA compromise
Clueless about the Common Core
Spinning Straw into Gold
School Closings in Chicago: Understanding Families' Choices and Constraints for New School Enrollment
Life in the Fast Lane: Effects of Early Grade Acceleration on High School and College Outcomes
America's Millennials: Overeducated and unprepared
The conservative case for H.R. 5
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