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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
At long last, E.D. Hirsch, Jr. gets his due: New research shows big benefits from Core Knowledge
Lessons for ed reform from the Tennessee Three
The extended case for faith-based charter schools
Algebra for none: The effects of San Francisco’s de-tracking reform
Cheers and Jeers: April 13, 2023
What we're reading this week: April 13, 2023
#865: The challenges of parenting gifted children, with Gail Post
States blazing the trail towards mastery instead of seat time
Can we have both school choice and shared institutions?
Third grade reading retention is right
Progressive schools aren’t the problem
How the switch from paper to computer tests impacts student achievement
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