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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
Washington Education Watch: No Rest for the Weary
Educational Leadership May 2001
Brookings Papers on Education Policy 2001
Growing Pains: An Evaluation of Charter Schools in the District of Columbia, 1999-2000
Leadership for Student Learning: Recognizing the State's Role in Public Education
Ignoring the Lessons from Cinderella School Districts
Every Child Reading: A Professional Development Guide
It Takes More Than Testing: Closing the Achievement Gap
Knowing What Students Know: The Science and Design of Educational Assessment
Measuring What Matters: Using Assessment and Accountability to Improve Student Learning
Direct Instruction and the Teaching of Early Reading: Wisconsin's Teacher-Led Insurgency, Wisconsin Policy Research Institute
Clearing up the confusion over testing
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