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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

Open enrollment deserves bipartisan support

Hard lessons from the NAEP results

Examining a new method of estimating homeschool participation

Cheers and Jeers: February 27, 2025

What we’re reading this week: February 27, 2025

#958: Louisiana’s NAEP gains and the power of a strong curriculum, with John White

Make room, test scores: Introducing “indicators of high school and middle school readiness”

Mind the honesty gap

A bold state move to improve reading

The state of pandemic learning loss recovery

Cheers and Jeers: February 20, 2025

What we’re reading this week: February 20, 2025
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