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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
New York City is failing its bright poor students
The problem isn't testing, it's short-term thinking
Pell grants should go (only) to needy students who are ready for college
The NAEP is falling edition
Common Core's alignment with the 2015 NAEP math assessment
Public charter schools must become even more innovative
Promises and pitfalls of using NAEP data to assess states’ roles in student achievement
The lost boys
President Obama's meaningless pledge to reduce school tests
CREDO’s latest findings: Virtual charter school students are not learning nearly enough
Heartbreak on NAEP
The administration wants it both ways on testing
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