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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
Stump speech challenge: A New Deal on testing
And the climate changes (at least in Albany)
Late Bell: January 22, 2015
Tennessee embraced Common Core for a reason
Conservatives in a revolution
A fern between two Mikes: Testing, accountability, and the new ESEA
Late Bell: January 21, 2015
Lamar Alexander shows us what “governing” looks like
Despite Reports to the Contrary, New Teachers Are Staying in Their Jobs Longer
Turning lightning into electricity: Organizing parents for education reform
Charters Without Lotteries: Testing Takeovers in New Orleans and Boston
Model Citizens
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