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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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A missing piece for education in the United States: Moving from an industrial to an inquiry-based paradigm
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Reimagining high schools: Removing barriers to transform learning
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Pull back the curtain on the real-life outcomes of high school graduates
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A wonderful thing—amazing high schools
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Back to the future for American high schools
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Fund high schools to provide post-secondary support, and hold them accountable for the results
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Let kids who hate high school consume a lot less school
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Teacher certification and uniform salary schedules hinder CTE staffing
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What is the best way to reform state high school policies? Ignore them.
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The strongest argument for charter schools is the truth
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Teachers should replace “the soft bigotry of low expectations” with “the suspension of disbelief”
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Institutionalism, not policy, is the biggest barrier to reinventing high schools
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