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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
Test-based retention, student achievement, and sibling spillover effects
Cheers and Jeers: September 14, 2023
What we're reading this week: September 14, 2023
#887: Bringing accountability back to American education, with Checker Finn
Chronic absenteeism has become a crisis, part 2: Cities and suburbs
Why serve on the National Assessment Governing Board?
America’s recent education declines in international context
Grade inflation is not a victimless crime
Chronic absenteeism has become a crisis, part 1: Possible causes
Cheers and Jeers: September 7, 2023
What we're reading this week: September 7, 2023
#886: Achievement gaps among advanced students, with Adam Tyner
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