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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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Cheers and Jeers: December 2, 2021
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What we're reading this week: December 2, 2021
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Education Gadfly Show #797: Why debunked reading practices continue to spread
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Cheers and Jeers: November 24, 2021
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What we're reading this week: November 24, 2021
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Stop pestering education leaders to “follow the evidence.” Instead, host forecasting tournaments.
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Teacher mental health days demonstrate districts’ priorities—and it’s not the students
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What is virtue and why does it matter?
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In almost every state, funding gaps between rich and poor schools have been closed
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Cheers and Jeers: November 18, 2021
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What we're reading this week: November 18, 2021
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Education Gadfly Show #796: What Glenn Youngkin’s election says about education politics today
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