Podcast: Six Feet From Normal – Episode 2

If you don’t have kids, it may be easy to forget that schools have been shut down for weeks. If you are a parent, then you’ve probably been struggling with impromptu homeschooling for the last month.

In the COVID-19 era, school districts around the country shifting their attention to online resources and creative ways to engage students online. Some communities — and age groups — are more challenging than others.

In this episode we speak with Lindsay Arnold, a kindergarten teacher from West Baltimore who’s had to quickly adapt to teaching 5-year-olds online We also talk with Sharon Laidlaw and Kevin Schwartz, two tech officials from the Austin Independent School District about their unique way of providing high-speed internet to students in need.

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