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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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There's ?snow? question about it, kids can't afford lost instructional time
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What our Education Reform Idol contestants accomplished this year on collective bargaining and benefits reform
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A Times Derby: Gates, Parents, Rhee, and, of course, ?Beyond Tests? with Michael Winerip
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News of the World: rocketships, suburban charters, parent triggers, cheating, merit pay -- and even Winerip does good
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Cultural training is no more "delusional" than thinking there are no racial/religious conflicts in public schools
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"The research on [insert preferred policy choice here] is as clear as anything in the field of education."
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Arne Duncan: Actually, we're not going to hold private schools ?accountable?
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Anne Bryant: It's ?wrong? for unions to ?buy? school board seats
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Live blogging the 21st century skills debate: Ravitch disputes the idea that content has been king
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Done ?Waiting for ?Superman'?? Send your kid to a diverse public school
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The National Conference of State Legislators-Who-Also-Happen-To-Be-Classroom-Teachers-and-NEA-Members
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Education insiders: Either Arne Duncan, Colin Powell, or Jim Hunt most likely to be next education secretary
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