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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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Right-sizing the Classroom: Making the Most of Great Teachers
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Traversing the Teacher-Evaluation Terrain
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Netflix Academy: The best streaming videos on frogs and other amphibians
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Common Core Meets Education Reform: What It All Means for Politics, Policy, and the Future of Schooling
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Over- and underachievers
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Back to basics: Do standards matter?
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Pattern of activity points to big problems
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Hell yes we want instructional change. Don’t you?
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Netflix Academy: The best streaming videos on ancient Asian civilizations
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The writing assignment every Common Core opponent should read
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Worth the read
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Lots of school choices, and so little information about them
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