In honor of April, the Month of the Military Child, Military Families for High Standards would like to share several online resources that could help military parents and students navigating learning amid the Covid-19 pandemic. As schools were forced to rapidly transition to online learning to keep students, educators, and their families safe, there is significant evidence that the quality of education has suffered. Although students are beginning to return to classrooms and summer is rapidly approaching, early statistics estimate that students may have lost as much as 6.8 months of learning or more. Many states and districts are suggesting summer programs to help mitigate students’ levels of learning loss. MFHS hopes that these resources may be helpful for military parents who wish to encourage some type of “catch up” for their children at home.
Tutor.com - Provides free online tutoring and homework help 24/7 for U.S. military and their families. Personalized help is available in more than 100 subjects for grades K-12 and college students, including math, writing, reading, ELL, science, English, social sciences, history, accounting, finance, nursing, world languages, computer science, study skills and test prep. We also provide tutoring with bilingual Spanish-speaking tutors for math, science and social studies. For details, view a PDF of all tutored subjects.
Military Child Education Coalition Parent Program - Adapting to a Virtual Learning Environment Webinar Recording identifies the challenges of virtual learning and suggests ways to balance learning in a home setting and best practices for a successful learning experience. Funded by US Air Force Child and Youth Programs and is open to all Air Force Personnel and DoD personnel assigned to Air Force installations.
Khan Academy - Provides free standards-aligned practice and lessons covers math K-12 through early college, grammar, science, history, AP®, SAT®, and more.
Brainchild – Offers free home and classroom curriculum and student handouts below. Key STEAM and grade-appropriate concepts are expanded to the home and classroom along with hands-on student demos and experiments. All 13 episodes have specific curriculum and activities and are available at two levels, elementary (3rd to 5th grades) and middle school (6th to 8th grades). Lessons are aligned with standards from Next Generation Science Standards, Common Core Learning Standards in Literacy and Math, and National Health Standards.
Military One Source - Provides a list of resources for children and youth can connect your family to opportunities that can prepare your kids for success – both in their education and beyond.
COVID Slide Quicksheet – A biweekly newsletter that provides helpful tracking of national and state discussions about reopening Schools, addressing learning loss, and the state of education following the COVID-19 pandemic.