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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

School choice isn’t killing traditional public schools. It’s making them better.

Schools aren’t up to the task of teaching students about the Israel-Hamas War

State education departments are cheerleading mediocrity

Grading standards and student effort: Short-run versus long-run effects

Cheers and Jeers: November 9, 2023

What we're reading this week: November 9, 2023

#895: Knowledge and the science of reading, with Natalie Wexler

How Washington State passed a universal-screening law: An interview with Austina De Bonte

Smartphones and social media are leading to depression and anxiety for our students. Are they depressing test scores, too?

A new paper fails to prove that accountability impedes innovation in charter schools

Where do the Republican candidates stand on education?

The effects of a virtual literacy-tutoring program
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