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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
Talking in paragraphs
Teach for America seeks VP for research and evaluation
Teach some kids, catch some waves
The Mad, Mad World of Textbook Adoption
Take no prisoners
The accountability illusion
The think tank event of the century
No holy grail
Finn: Common standards "full of the kind of things you want your kids or grandkids to read in school"
Liberal Critics Say Conservative President Exploits Space Disaster to Woo Children to His Harmful Views
Video: Think Tank + Sponsoring Charter Schools = Harder than it Looks
Waltz on over to Walton
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