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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
Wonkathon 2025: What will make science of reading laws succeed?
Mamdani's plan to cut advanced education would hurt New York students
We know what’ll happen if advanced education is cut in New York. Why doesn’t Mamdani?
School board members are wearing rose-colored glasses
Families aren’t waiting for schools to be fixed
Does AI only help motivated students?
The impact of Covid K–12 disruption on college enrollment: Evidence from California
The role of high schools in raising civic engagement
TFA, Gen-Z, and AI | Episode 989 of The Education Gadfly Show
In 2050, will American schools be better or worse than they are today?
Standards-based grading can benefit students—in the right context
Redefining what it means to be a good teacher
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