Also in this edition: A look at the research surrounding the new reading wars.

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In these grim shutdown days, a new appreciation for teachers is emerging. You can see it from our intensive coronavirus coverage ([link removed]) , which includes the story of a homeschooling parent ([link removed]) and her cry for help, along with a call for higher teacher salaries ([link removed]) .

This week, we also bring you a comprehensive look at the research surrounding the perennial debate on the teaching of reading ([link removed]) , known as the reading wars.

And we are doing it all with our redesigned website, where we’ll highlight exciting new content in the coming weeks. We’d love to hear what you think of the site, along with stories of how you are coping.

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** What parents need to know about the research on how kids learn to read ([link removed])
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Learning to read isn’t easy and educators often feel strongly about what they think is the “right” way to teach this essential skill. Though teachers’ approaches may differ, the research is pretty clear on how best to help kids learn to read. Here’s what to look for in your child’s classroom.
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** Four things you need to know about the new reading wars ([link removed])
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Evidence backs some phonics and other strategies to help children read in the early elementary years



** ‘It feels a little hopeless’: Parents of kids with disabilities worry coronavirus quarantine will mean regression ([link removed])
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Isolated at home with few services to help, a mother in San Francisco is terrified that her daughter’s progress will evaporate.



** Desperate parents need help as coronavirus upends our lives ([link removed])
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Even more urgently, we need more help and support for parents who have kids with disabilities, who don’t speak English, who are homeless and who otherwise especially vulnerable.



** COLUMN: After coronavirus subsides, we must pay teachers more ([link removed])
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Millions of parents with kids at home are experiencing first-hand how hard it is to be a teacher



** Online higher education isn’t winning over students forced off campus by the coronavirus ([link removed])
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If university and college officials were worried that some of their students might not come back once they were moved from real-world classrooms to online education, the experience so far seems to suggest the opposite.
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"Bay County librarian using virtual storytime to cheer up families during coronavirus shutdown ([link removed]) ," -MLive.com .

"How schools went virtual — in just 72 hours ([link removed]) ," -The Boulder Monitor.

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