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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
Leaving No Child Behind: Lessons from the Houston Independent School District
BIA and DOD Schools: Student Achievement and Other Characteristics Often Differ from Public Schools'
More debate over teacher certification
The real problem with large, urban high schools and how to solve it
Charters, Vouchers & Public Education
Why Public Schools Lose Teachers
On E.S.E.A., entrepreneurship, patriotism, and Islam
Performance-based pay for teachers is considered in Arizona
Scientists investigate class size reduction and find it lacking
Whole language reading instruction alive and kicking
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