You can help students to learn at home

The pandemic has turned millions of parents into homeschoolers without a
chance to prepare. It’s a challenge, but it’s an opportunity. The
Internet offers huge amounts of information on every subject. The
trick, though, is to tell the information from the nonsense. We all
know about the false rumors, the bad medical advice, the horrible
“science” that floods social media.

Yet at its best, having children learn from home is an
opportunity. Instead of the boredom of the classroom and the
standardized cookie-cutter approach of public schools, children have
a chance for individualized learning. They can pursue their
interests.

All of us, even those who don’t have children, can play a role
in making this kind of education work. We all have our areas of
expertise, where we know at least enough to tell the sense from the
nonsense. We can act as guides in those areas, pointing the way to
the best materials we’ve found. We can counter boredom with
enthusiasm and nonsense with sense.

Taking individual action to help everyone pull together is the New
Hampshire way. You don’t need a degree in education to point the
way to reliable materials. What’s your area of knowledge? What can
you help young people to learn?