{"id":15547,"date":"2020-03-25T17:20:01","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T22:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/?p=15547"},"modified":"2020-03-25T17:20:01","modified_gmt":"2020-03-25T22:20:01","slug":"tdoe-announces-partnership-with-pbs-to-deliver-daily-instructional-content-for-tennessee-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/2020\/03\/25\/tdoe-announces-partnership-with-pbs-to-deliver-daily-instructional-content-for-tennessee-students\/","title":{"rendered":"TDOE Announces Partnership with PBS to Deliver Daily Instructional Content for Tennessee Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-335392\" title=\"Tennessee Department of Education\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Tennessee-Department-of-Education.jpg\" alt=\"Tennessee Department of Education\" width=\"250\" height=\"111\"><\/span><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><b>Nashville, TN <\/b><\/span>&#8211; Th<span class=\"normaltextrun\">e Tennessee Department of Education&nbsp;secured&nbsp;a partnership&nbsp;with the state\u2019s PBS stations to deliver daily instructional content for Tennessee students during COVID-19 school closures.&nbsp;This partnership will&nbsp;provide&nbsp;all students&nbsp;with&nbsp;access to&nbsp;daily learning opportunities right in their own homes.<\/span><span class=\"eop\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_315479\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/School-Education.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-315479\" class=\"wp-image-315479 size-medium\" title=\"PBS stations to deliver daily instructional content for Tennessee students during COVID-19 school closures.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/School-Education-480x313.jpg\" alt=\"PBS stations to deliver daily instructional content for Tennessee students during COVID-19 school closures.\" width=\"480\" height=\"313\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-315479\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PBS stations to deliver daily instructional content for Tennessee students during COVID-19 school closures.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\">Staring April 6th, Tennessee\u2019s six PBS stations\u2014 WNPT Nashville, East Tennessee PBS, WCTE Upper Cumberland, WKNO Memphis, West TN PBS, and Chattanooga WTCI\u2014 will deliver two hours of programming with high-quality instructional content from 10:00am to 12:00pm CT. Four hours of content will also be streamed overnight, which viewers can watch live or record.<\/span><span class=\"eop\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\">The content will be developed and provided by Tennessee educators&nbsp;in partnership with&nbsp;the Tennessee Department of Education&nbsp;and meets a critical need to ensure all students have access to&nbsp;high-quality&nbsp;learning&nbsp;opportunities,&nbsp;regardless&nbsp;if their home has internet connectivity or capable devices.<\/span><span class=\"eop\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\">\u201cThis is an incredible example of Tennesseans coming together to support&nbsp;kids,\u201d said&nbsp;Education&nbsp;Commissioner Penny Schwinn. \u201cWe are so thrilled&nbsp;to be partnering with&nbsp;PBS stations across the state to&nbsp;make high-quality instructional content available to all students&nbsp;so they can continue learning during school closures.&nbsp;Families and students are hungry for content&nbsp;right now, and&nbsp;we are grateful&nbsp;our local stations have stepped up to help fill this&nbsp;need.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"eop\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\">This statewide partnership builds on the work many&nbsp;of&nbsp;Tennessee\u2019s public TV stations&nbsp;have already&nbsp;been&nbsp;doing&nbsp;with local districts to provide instructional programming&nbsp;during&nbsp;school closures.&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"eop\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\">\u201cTennessee\u2019s Public Television Stations are committed to serving the citizens of Tennessee and look forward to working with the Tennessee Department of Education during this challenging time to provide instructional&nbsp;educational programs to the students of our state,\u201d said Vickie Lawson, Chairman of Tennessee&nbsp;Public Television Council and President of East Tennessee&nbsp;PBS.&nbsp;\u201cThis partnership is another example of Tennessee\u2019s Public Television Stations&nbsp;willingness to serve when needed.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"eop\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\">&#8220;This new partnership with the Tennessee Department of Education will work to meet our shared mission of ensuring every child is inspired and educated, regardless of their circumstances.\u201d said Becky Magura,&nbsp;President &amp; CEO, WCTE Cookeville. \u201cThis programming will help ensure students without access to the internet or other instructional materials will still have access to high quality instruction during these school closures. For decades, we have been committed to inspiring and educating students for decades, and now more than ever, those services are critical.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"eop\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\">For additional&nbsp;Tennessee Department of Education&nbsp;guidance related to&nbsp;COVID-19, visit&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tn.gov\/education\/health-and-safety\/update-on-coronavirus.html\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\">www.tn.gov\/education\/health-and-safety\/update-on-coronavirus.html<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nashville, TN &#8211; The Tennessee Department of Education&nbsp;secured&nbsp;a partnership&nbsp;with the state\u2019s PBS stations to deliver daily instructional content for Tennessee students during COVID-19 school closures.&nbsp;This partnership will&nbsp;provide&nbsp;all students&nbsp;with&nbsp;access to&nbsp;daily learning opportunities right in their own homes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[12675,12712,549,284,3732,12441,908,886,12816],"class_list":["post-15547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","tag-coronavirus","tag-covid-19","tag-nashville","tag-nashville-tn","tag-pbs","tag-penny-schwinn","tag-tdoe","tag-tennessee-department-of-education","tag-wnpt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15547"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15548,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15547\/revisions\/15548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}