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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
Choice, accountability, and charter performance
Real-world governance change
America's Next Top Lunch Lady (or Lad)
BRIEFLY NOTED: Alphabets, assessments, zeitgists, and zeroes
2015: The Year of Federal Education Reform
The smartest kids in the world, my arse
Opting out is more than a choice—it's a lifestyle
The Common Core Positioning Tool
A Nation at Risk, Again: Emoji Illiteracy in the Twenty-First Century
The new new noncognitive skills
OCR strikes again: Look out, alphabetical order
The kindergarten canon: Informational texts edition
The Education Gadfly Weekly
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