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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
Let’s actually educate today’s learners, not deskill them
Assuming a frictionless surface: We need a revolution in how we approach “evidence” for ed tech
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Cheers and Jeers: October 9, 2026
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Apply premises liability principles to ed tech
Parent dialogue and radical transparency: A school-by-school, responsive approach to digital technology use
A new documentary film chronicling the life and legacy of Rod Paige
Does education reform have regrets?
School districts shouldn’t wait for the state to intervene
Defining high-wage, high-growth jobs available without a four-year degree
Are portfolio districts the future—or the past? | Episode 1037 of The Education Gadfly Show
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