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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
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Quotable and notable
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Beavis, Butthead, and David van Driessen
An extreme case for cost-cutting
Managing by the Numbers--Empowerment and Accountability in New York City's Schools
While Rome burned
Building Teacher Quality in Baltimore City Public Schools
Fires In the Mind: What Kids Can Tell Us About Motivation and Mastery
Governance matters
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