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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
Cheers and Jeers: July 24, 2026
Good programs aren’t enough: States need a work-based learning strategy
Accountability is not just about improving instruction. It aims to shift local politics, too.
“Saving” the humanities
Getting good teachers to stay
Examining Covid-era cultural conflicts within school boards
What’s behind the backlash against i-Ready? | Episode 1027 of The Education Gadfly Show
Cleveland is a national model for closing underenrolled schools
What we’re reading: July 17, 2026
Cheers and Jeers: July 17, 2026
How to make the high school diploma mean something again
Religious liberty in education: Back to the Supreme Court
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