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Arkansas Public Broadcasting and the State Department of Education are working together to use the internet, by delivering lessons to school children during the rest of what would be a school year.
According to Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson,
This partnership between Arkansas PBS and the Arkansas Department of Education demonstrates the type of creative solutions we need during this crisis. Our ability to meet the needs of our citizens and provide our children with educational instruction regardless of the circumstances is important. Our goal is to limit the amount of lost instruction time, and to limit the impact on our children as much as possible. This coordination helps us accomplish that goal.
Arkansas PBS has modified its regular broadcast schedule between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. to offer streamlined curriculum-based programming throughout the duration of the school closures.
The schedule is:
• 8-9:30 a.m. — Grades pre-K-2
• 9:30-11 a.m. — Grades 3-5
• 11 a.m.-1 p.m. — Grades 6-8
The program can be used in place of the Alternative Method of Instruction packets normally used during unforeseen school closures for such events as snowstorms or, like earlier this year, widespread flu.
Find the packets and more information here: Arkansas Public Broadcasting