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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
Cheers and Jeers: September 4, 2026
America’s oldest school model may be its future
Don’t just defend or destroy the National Center for Education Statistics. Rebuild it.
Education got there first? The breakdown of traditional left-right delineations.
Examining outcomes-based contracting in eight pilot districts
The three prongs of education reform success: Policy, programs, and political perseverance
What we’re reading: August 28, 2026
Cheers and Jeers: August 28, 2026
New York’s portrait of a graduate is a disaster in the making. Here’s how to minimize the damage.
The loophole quietly undoing America's third-grade reading laws
Students should only use AI for things they already know how to do well
The supply side of school choice: Who participates? Who doesn’t?
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