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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
Could bringing baseball’s pitch clock into the classroom boost efficiency?
Putting the “economics” back into home ec
Lizzo is rewriting social-emotional lyrics
Miguel Cardona to step down, joins the cast of CBS’s Ghosts
George Santos resigns to return to his roots as a guidance counselor
AP course on creationism banned in California
Rewrite attendance laws to promote learning, not seat time
The agonizing individualism of progressive education
Secretary Cardona asked states to “raise the bar.” New York responded by lowering it.
High schoolers don’t graduate with the learning habits to succeed in college
Cheers and Jeers: March 30, 2023
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