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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
High schools where students routinely graduate with college degrees: An interview with Kevin Teasley, CEO of GEO Academies
Doing educational equity right: School discipline
Teachers are fed up with no-consequence discipline
The rise and fall of Finland mania, part two: Why did scores plummet?
Do alternative pathways to teacher licensure depress teacher pay? Evidence from Texas
Cheers and Jeers: January 18, 2024
What we're reading this week: January 18, 2024
#903: Reducing poverty with the child tax credit, with Angela Rachidi
Congress’s bipartisan progress on strengthening America’s workforce
The rise and fall of Finland mania
7 trends state lawmakers need to know for 2024
Doing educational equity right: School finance
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