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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

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#965: Understanding ESSA Waivers, with Anne Hyslop

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How the AFT could have changed teaching and learning (and maybe still can)

A K–12 public school choice agenda for the Trump administration

What are students doing between 6 p.m. and midnight?

Short- and long-term impacts of school closure on student outcomes

Cheers and Jeers: April 10, 2025

What we’re reading this week: April 10, 2025

#964: Why states should keep testing, with Scott Marion

Advanced students rebounded faster from learning loss. They still need our attention.

The best colleges for political diversity

Waiver and out: How red states plan to push the limits of federal ed policy
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