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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
“Decenter” book reading and essay writing? NCTE loses its way
Return of the Survey of the American Teacher provides data, raises questions
How the Right can lose the education argument
Violence against teachers prompts calls for increased security
Academic validation: Maryland’s alternative graduation pathways examined
Cheers and Jeers: April 21, 2022
What we're reading this week: April 21, 2022
Education Gadfly Show #816: Want kids back in school? Make sure they feel safe.
A better way to measure student absenteeism
Does all play and no work make Jack a smart boy?
Biden Administration fails to follow the science on charter schools
National Academies miss the mark on IES research
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