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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
Head Start needs reforming, not dismantling | Episode 1032 of The Education Gadfly Show
What we’re reading: August 21, 2026
Cheers and Jeers: August 21, 2026
Can charter schools survive universal school choice?
Education’s ambulance-at-the-bottom problem
Ohio’s implementation of the science of reading
Expanded review process for determining school quality leads to minimal improvement
What early test scores can tell us about a student’s future
Why it’s finally time to rethink age-based schooling
Did the college-for-all backlash go too far? | Episode 1031 of The Education Gadfly Show
What we’re reading: August 14, 2026
Cheers and Jeers: August 14, 2026
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