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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
Teacher training programs face new competition
Class Dismissed
When Theory Hits Reality: Standards-Based Reform in Urban Districts
Crazy things districts do to attract teachers
Evaluating teachers using value-added analysis
The art of polling
How applying to college can warp your mind
Crusade in the Classroom: How George W. Bush's Education Reforms will Affect Your Children, Our Schools
Virtual charter schools that don't need to find buildings
Opposition to character education from an unlikely source
Confusion about commercialism in schools
National Center for Accountability to study achievement data and schools
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