{"id":17023,"date":"2020-09-08T20:30:38","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T01:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/?p=17023"},"modified":"2020-09-08T19:12:51","modified_gmt":"2020-09-09T00:12:51","slug":"tennessee-department-of-education-announces-third-phase-of-pbs-partnership-for-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/2020\/09\/08\/tennessee-department-of-education-announces-third-phase-of-pbs-partnership-for-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee Department of Education announces Third Phase of PBS Partnership for Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TennesseeNashville, TN <\/strong>– Today, Tuesday, September 8th, 2020, the Tennessee Department of Education\u202fannounced a third phase of its partnership with statewide PBS stations to help ensure children continue to have access to educational content throughout the fall semester. <\/p>\n

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Tennessee Department of Education releases Schedule for Third Phase of Video Lessons.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Starting September 8th, all six Tennessee PBS stations\u2013 WNPT Nashville, East Tennessee PBS, WCTE Upper Cumberland, WKNO Memphis, West TN PBS, and Chattanooga WTCI \u2013 will offer high quality educational programming weekdays from 9:00am \u201311:00am CST, through the fall semester.  <\/p>\n

For the month of September, programming will focus on ELA and math for 1st- 4th grades. <\/p>\n

“We are incredibly grateful for to our partners at PBS across the state who are continuing to help provide access to educational content to Tennessee families and students,\u201d said Commissioner Penny Schwinn. \u201cThese videos– created by Tennessee teachers in Tennessee classrooms\u2014were viewed heavily through the spring and summer, so we are excited to continue the partnership and help keep students reading, exploring, and learning throughout the fall semester.\u201d <\/p>\n

In collaboration with Tennessee teachers and districts, the department created an at-home learning series consisting of a total of 320 virtual classroom lessons providing ELA and Math instruction for 1st \u20138th grade students,  to help ensure children had access to learning opportunities regardless of internet connectivity in their home.  The video lessons are also available on the department\u2019s YouTube page<\/a> and have had more than 100,000 views there since the spring. <\/p>\n

\u201cGetting academic instruction daily is so critical for our students, but not everyone has reliable access to the internet,\u201d said Eric Lomax, director of Perry County Schools. \u201cPBS has always been a supporter of public education and we are thankful that kids across the state will continue to have access to these videos, broadcasting right from their TVs, during the fall semester.\u201d  <\/p>\n

As the school year is now in full swing, families will have access to learning opportunities for their children regardless of school or district instruction model. During the fall semester, the schedule will be updated on the department\u2019s PBS Teaching Tennessee webpage<\/a> and the PBS affiliate stations\u2019 websites. <\/p>\n

Schedule for September 8th- September 25th, Monday through Friday:<\/strong> <\/p>\n