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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
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Great YouTube channels for middle schoolers and high schoolers for learning from home during COVID-19 school closures
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A book that shows how much America underestimates its students
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Cheers and Jeers: August 3, 2025
The 70-cent solution: An innovation success story in K–12 schools
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Why high schools should help students land summer jobs
Thanks for the help, AI, but students still need to learn to write for themselves
Why tens of thousands of Florida families didn’t use their private school scholarships
#979: Is too much democracy hamstringing our schools? with Vlad Kogan
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