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Friday, March 20, 2020

CORONAVIRUS CRISIS Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

Answer Sheet - The Washington Post


CORONAVIRUS CRISIS ANSWER SHEET





As schooling rapidly moves online across the country, concerns rise about student data privacy

Online technologies undoubtedly have the capacity to perform useful services. But an easy-to-use interface shouldn’t give companies free reign to take as much data as they wish, especially when users are not allowed options to opt out.

YESTERDAY

10 out of 766 — the number of black students admitted to NYC’s most selective high school for fall. And more stunning admissions data.

The numbers weren't much better for the either seven specialized schools in the city, the data shows.
If you’re a parent suddenly homeschooling a child with ADHD, here’s some expert advice

Plus a school tool kit for parents of children with ADHD.
‘How do I plan a lesson?’ Here is a teacher’s guide for parents reluctantly home-schooling their kids.

What if your kids won't listen to you? A master teacher offers advice.
Five tips for students on the coronavirus pandemic — news literacy lessons

From the News Literacy Project.

MAR 17

'You were robbed’: Teacher writes open letter to high school seniors missing their last semester because of coronavirus crisis

The author had his high school interrupted by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
A teacher’s diary: ‘What my kids learned on their first coronavirus no-school day’

The first in a series of entries by a Seattle school teacher.


School: The ‘new normal’

By parents, teachers, etc., amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Answer Sheet - The Washington Post