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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
Recent teacher-eval reform happenings
Cincinnati's magnet school campouts: What do they really mean?
Testing voucher students: A reasonable quality-control measure with minimal threats to school diversity
Financing the Education of High-Need Students
Interesting SIG vs. non-SIG comparisons
Meanwhile, in ACTUAL federal-overreach news...
SIG and the lessons of history
Right-sizing the classroom
Class size isn’t as important as who’s at the front of the room
America’s rural schools and communities
Another set of worthwhile reads
Stay the course on the Common Core
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