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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
State education departments are cheerleading mediocrity
Grading standards and student effort: Short-run versus long-run effects
Cheers and Jeers: November 9, 2023
What we're reading this week: November 9, 2023
#895: Knowledge and the science of reading, with Natalie Wexler
How Washington State passed a universal-screening law: An interview with Austina De Bonte
Smartphones and social media are leading to depression and anxiety for our students. Are they depressing test scores, too?
A new paper fails to prove that accountability impedes innovation in charter schools
Where do the Republican candidates stand on education?
The effects of a virtual literacy-tutoring program
Cheers and Jeers: November 2, 2023
What we're reading this week: November 2, 2023
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