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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

Georgia’s laudable addition of Great Works to its English standards

Democracy dies without trust and truth: Strengthen civics education

At long last, E.D. Hirsch, Jr. gets his due: New research shows big benefits from Core Knowledge

Lessons for ed reform from the Tennessee Three

The extended case for faith-based charter schools

Algebra for none: The effects of San Francisco’s de-tracking reform

Cheers and Jeers: April 13, 2023

What we're reading this week: April 13, 2023

#865: The challenges of parenting gifted children, with Gail Post

States blazing the trail towards mastery instead of seat time

Can we have both school choice and shared institutions?

Third grade reading retention is right
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