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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
Blaming NCLB
Training sponsors for charter schools
Governor: take your money elsewhere
The social studies mess
State High School Exit Exams Put to the Test
When Schools Compete: The Effects of Vouchers on Florida Public School Achievement
Making Schools Work: A Revolutionary Plan to Get Your Children the Education They Need
Phi Delta Kappan/Gallup Poll of the Public's Attitudes Toward the Public Schools
Florida u-turn on class size
Learning for the 21st Century: A Report and MILE (Media and Information Literacy Exchange) Guide for 21st Century Skills
Silliness in South Carolina
Historical ignorance, continued
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