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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
Short- and long-term impacts of school closure on student outcomes
Cheers and Jeers: April 10, 2025
What we’re reading this week: April 10, 2025
#964: Why states should keep testing, with Scott Marion
Advanced students rebounded faster from learning loss. They still need our attention.
The best colleges for political diversity
Waiver and out: How red states plan to push the limits of federal ed policy
12 guiding principles for the future of American education
Cheers and Jeers: April 3, 2025
What we’re reading this week: April 3, 2025
#963: All about the Educational Choice for Children Act, with Jim Blew
#4125: The mini gadflies: Chaos with a cause
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