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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 2025 was a good year for education reform
Some predictions about AI in education in 2026
When schools fail refugee and immigrant students
School choice and earnings: Insights from Sweden
The good, the bad, and the best research of 2025 | Episode 999 of The Education Gadfly Show
The decline of human flourishing and what schools can do about it
Better schools start with better school board elections
Do short-term noncredit programs boost earnings?
Remembering Rod Paige, a great American
Is the “college enrollment crisis” a myth? | Episode 998 of The Education Gadfly Show
Moving K–12 programs to the Department of Labor is neither smart nor conservative
Helping students flourish, not just achieve: An interview with Mike Goldstein
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