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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
Education news nuggets
The Obama Administration's shameful opposition to the DC scholarship program
Quotable & notable
In defense of mandating Betamax
Learning from the Golden State
Mike on the radio: How to raise the status of teachers
Cutting off the hand to spite the foot
How to raise the "status" of the teaching profession? Reform compensation
Fewer tests, sez prez
Education news of the weird
Paint by numbers isn't artistry
Education Next Book Club Podcast with Richard Kahlenberg
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