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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
Why conservatives keep losing school boards
The myth of local control
Good schools don’t beat staff turnover. They’re built for it.
Education in the age of feeling
Can states do anything about grade inflation?
Global school choice at a glance
The predictive power of NAEP
When state curriculum lists go bad | Episode 1007 of The Education Gadfly Show
International Baccalaureate deserves more attention
We need to prepare boys for school, not schools for boys
Youth apprenticeships should be connected to high school coursework
What we’re reading: February 20, 2026
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