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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
Fewer, Clearer, Higher: How the Common Core State Standards Can Change Classroom Practice
A common app for uncommon schools
Gifted education—what I saw, what I’m learning
The Polish education system is no joke
Financing the education of high-need students
Observations from the front line: Ohio debates the Common Core
Remodeled Report Cards, Remaining Challenges
How bad are the Common Core lessons on the Gettysburg Address?
PISA and Occam’s Razor
What I’ve been reading
SIG’s Downfall: Judge, and be judged, by proficiency rates
Why and how parents choose schools
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