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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
Houston takes home $500,000 Broad Prize for Urban Education
Education entrepreneurship: the new career path for young professionals
National Merit scholarship program lowers the bar in low-achieving states
Civic Engagement and Urban School Improvement: Hard-to-Learn Lessons from Philadelphia
Giving parents vouchers could revitalize poor neighborhoods
Do teachers believe in standards-based reform?
The New Schools Handbook
Not needed: two million new teachers
School Vouchers: Characteristics of Privately Funded Programs
On the spirit of patriotism
A school that helps learning disabled kids soar
They Have Overcome: High Poverty, High Performing Schools in California
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