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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
The Common Core, human capital, and Ohio's long-term prosperity
An update on the Common Core reading wars
A Growing Movement: America’s Largest Charter School Communities
Little learners need better curriculum
Proceeding with caution (Transitioning to the Common Core, part 2)
Creating Sustainable Teacher Career Trajectories: A 21st Century Imperative
The efforts of hardworking teachers: the Common Core’s best kept secret
Common Core and Reading: Which one of these things is not like the other?
The accountability moratorium is here (Transitioning to the Common Core, part 1)
Ed Next Book Club: Amanda Ripley on The Smartest Kids in the World
Quick hits for a Friday
Netflix Academy: The best streaming videos on ancient Greece
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