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10 Retro Classroom Photos to Put You in a Homeschooling Mood

With schools closed, parents are scrambling to figure out distance learning and homeschooling for their kids. It’s a huge challenge; but here’s proof that we’ve faced some even bigger ones, and made it through OK.

March 24, 2020

Crisis Collage — CaptionSince schooling for kids first became compulsory in the early 1800s, American education has faced a whole lot of challenges. Today we’re enduring a new one thanks to coronavirus closures. As the classroom moves into the living room, many parents feel totally unprepared to take on the role of teacher. To build your homeschooling confidence and put this current epidemic into context, here are five crises in education that you may have forgotten about—and five inspiring ideas for keeping it together during this one. We made it through those trying times, and we’ll get through this, too.Getty Images

CaptionSince schooling for kids first became compulsory in the early 1800s, American education has faced a whole lot of challenges. Today we’re enduring a new one thanks to coronavirus closures. As the classroom moves into the living room, many parents feel totally unprepared to take on the role of teacher. To build your homeschooling confidence and put this current epidemic into context, here are five crises in education that you may have forgotten about—and five inspiring ideas for keeping it together during this one. We made it through those trying times, and we’ll get through this, too.Getty Images

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10 Retro Classroom Photos to Put You in a Homeschooling Mood