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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
Did the most well-known and influential study in K–12 education get it wrong?
How school HVAC systems affect learning
Cheers and Jeers: March 6, 2025
What we’re reading this week: March 6, 2025
#959: Are GPAs the key to measuring school quality? with Jing Liu and Seth Gershenson
There is proof that knowledge works. And it’s overwhelming.
Open enrollment deserves bipartisan support
Hard lessons from the NAEP results
Examining a new method of estimating homeschool participation
Cheers and Jeers: February 27, 2025
What we’re reading this week: February 27, 2025
#958: Louisiana’s NAEP gains and the power of a strong curriculum, with John White
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