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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
Kaplan to launch online ed school
Colorado to enact statewide voucher plan
Progress on School Choice in the States
Consolidation is a Bad Idea
The next frontier in reading instruction
NYC adds phonics, exempts more schools from systemwide curriculum
Charter Schools and Inequality: National Disparities in Funding, Teacher Quality, and Student Support
English-only Pupils Learn More English
Support for Home-Based Education: Pioneering Partnerships between Public Schools and Families Who Instruct Their Children at Home
Character Education: Another Niche for Charter Schools
Core Knowledge publishes summary of effectiveness evidence
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