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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
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The case for open enrollment
Close the music education gap
Gen Z talks about life after high school
Dearest gentle reader, it is time to abandon AI in schools
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“Hegseth Starts” pilot program brings “warrior ethos” to pre-k
From “mogging” to “big chungus”: What Scripps’s new words tell us about 21st-century literacy
Do math scores soar when you paint classrooms taupe?
Let high achievers skip a grade
What we’re reading: March 27, 2026
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