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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

Do charter schools improve outcomes for English learners?

An evolving landscape calls for a “both/and” approach to school choice and charter schools

3 reasons why religious charter schools should give us pause

Are video games a valid extracurricular activity or a time sink?

Cheers and Jeers: May 11, 2023

What we're reading this week: May 11, 2023

#869: Strong long-term outcomes for English learners in Texas charter schools, with Deven Carlson

Remembering Mike Smith

High-achieving middle schoolers fare poorly in U.S. history and civics, finds NAEP, but that’s nothing new

History and civics scores still falling, reports NAEP

How lax grading policies make classrooms chaotic

Putting the Core Knowledge study into perspective
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