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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
Wonkathon 2022: We must reinvent high schools, but state policies stand in the way. How do we remove them?
High expectations in the classroom: When the unlikely becomes the possible
Governors should stop spinning NAEP results and start proposing solutions
Lowering expectations for students isn’t the answer to pandemic learning loss
Holistic admissions: The good, the bad, the ugly
How federal charter school grants help marginalized students
Cheers and Jeers: November 3, 2022
What we're reading this week: November 3, 2022
Education Gadfly Show #844: An ode to overly-optimistic teachers, with Seth Gershenson
Charter schools complicate the narrative on Covid shutdowns and learning loss
Treating my NAEP hangover
Determining the factors that lead to kindergarten ability group placement
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