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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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Should schools group students by ability?
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Judge “for-profit” charter schools on their results, not the tax status of their main vendor
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America’s education crisis as a national security threat
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California backtracks on withholding testing data
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Conservatives’ disjointed education-reform agenda
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Accelerating math achievement through customized practice
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Cheers and Jeers: September 29, 2022
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What we're reading this week: September 29, 2022
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Education Gadfly Show #839: Do “for-profit” charter schools deserve their bad reputation?
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Credentials matter, but pathways matter more
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Charter school achievement in D.C. was decimated by the pandemic. Here’s what we can learn from that.
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A pandemic back-to-school reminder: Friendships count
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