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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
The perils of state-level data within a national system
Performance-Based Pay for Teachers in Wisconsin: Options and Opportunities, Wisconsin Policy Research Institute
Phi Delta Kappan, May 2001
The Betrayed Generation: Standards in British Schools 195-2
Technology Counts 2001: The New Divides
Differences in the Gender Gap: Comparisons Across Racial/Ethnic Groups in Education and Work
Closing The Deal, Citizens' Commission on Civil Rights
Written Off: Texas' Dropout Problem
Is Testing Only Good for Poor Kids?
Tribute for a Light: Public Education Spending & Staffing
Washington Education Watch: No Rest for the Weary
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