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With Wuhan Coronavirus spreading in New York City, parents, Parent Teacher Associations, and schools seem to be inevitably headed for extended shutdowns and quarantines. The Department of Education is crossing its fingers, wiping down all surfaces, and hoping to avert the worst without closing schools, but parents are going to need contingency plans.
Do Soylentils have recommendations for online resources that members of NYC's school boards can share with the parent community to help kids keep up with their school work? Khan Academy is an excellent resource for math & science; it doesn't span every subject but something like it that grade school kids can understand would be ideal.
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(Score: 5, Interesting) by Roo_Boy on Friday March 13 2020, @01:15PM
Okay this isn't a short term "look at this website" but advanced learning via remote means isn't new, just check School of the Air (newsy type link) https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/history-culture/2010/08/australias-school-of-the-air/ [australiangeographic.com.au].
Heck these folks first did education by pedal radios! A broadband connection has a bandwidth just a little higher :P
Distance Ed works just the same for Quarantined Ed.
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