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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
Want high schoolers to read books? Support teachers to make it happen.
When—and why—legislated school finance reforms don’t increase state education spending
Cheers and Jeers: May 1, 2025
What we’re reading this week: May 1, 2025
SCOTUS should mandate state support for religious education, but not via charter schools
#967: Mississippi’s secret? Twenty years of persistence and progress, with Rachel Canter
Non-response to declining student enrollment: A case study from Los Angeles
Calculus, statistics, and the capstone course question
The Department of Education meets “Office Space”
The ESSER hangover is here
Can targeted communications boost student participation in opt-in tutoring?
Cheers and Jeers: April 24, 2025
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