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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
Save Everyday Math for another day
Standards-based reform leads to gains in Virginia
Getting it Wrong from the Beginning: Our Progressivist Inheritance from Herbert Spencer, John Dewey, and Jean Piaget
At the Starting Line: Early childhood education programs in the 50 states
Is Alternative Certification Perishing?
Colorado legislators ready to approve K-12 voucher program
Teachers union may dominate L.A. school board again
Miles to Go& Reflections on Mid-Course Corrections For Standards-Based Reform
The Keys to Literacy
High-stakes testing in Massachusetts is proving critics wrong
New England states to develop shared standards and tests
Breaking News: Ed School Profs Endorse Phonics and Mandated Curricula!
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