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00:00BACK. WE HAD YOU ON BEFORE SCHOOLS HAD CLOSED AND NOW WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS, SO YOU ARE SEEING THIS HAPPEN IN REAL TIME. WHAT ARE THE SORT OF PAIN POINTS YOU HAVE DISCOVERED SO FAR AS NOW TENS OF MILLIONS OF KIDS ARE AT HOME TRYING TO LEARN SOMETHING WHILE THEIR PARENTS ARE ALSO WORKING AT HOME? SAL: YEAH, WHAT WE GET HAS BEEN ON SONY LEVELS FOR EVERYBODY. NUMBER ONE IS A LARGE FRACTION OF STUDENTS WHO DON ' T HAVE INTERNET CONNECTIVITY AT HOME -- THIS WHOLE CRISIS HAS SHOWN IT IS NOT A NICE TO HAVE, IT IS A MUST HAVE. NOT JUST TO ACCESS THINGS LIKE KHAN ACADEMY BUT ALSO HAVE A SOCIAL CONNECTION. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING TO A LOT OF TELECOM PLAYERS, TECH COMPANIES, PHILANTHROPISTS OF WHAT THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO TO OPEN UP SPOTS AND GET STUDENTS BROADBAND. THERE ' S ALSO O QUESTIONS ABOUT BASIC CHILDCARE ISSUES, SCHOOL LUNCHES, ETC. EVEN AS SOME OF THAT STUFF IS WORKED OUT, I THINK ALL PARENTS ARE STRUGGLING WITH HOW DO I STRUCTURE THE DAY? WE ARE ALL FORCED TO BE HOME SCHOOLING PARENTS OF SORTS NOW BUT WE DIDN ' T HAVE THE TIME TO PREPARE FOR IT. THAT IS WHY AFTER OUR LAST CONVERSATION, WE PUBLISHED THESE SCHEDULES FOR STUDENTS OF DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS OR PARENTS OF STUDENTS, HAPPEN YOU STRUCTURE YOUR DAY? WE ARE FREE, NONCOMMERCIAL, NOT-FOR-PROFIT. OTHER RESOURCES THAT YOU CAN MAKE A WHOLE SCHOOL DAY. HOW CAN YOU COMPLEMENT THAT WITH OTHER RESOURCES LIKE VIDEOCONFERENCING SO STUDENTS CAN ALSO GET LIVE LESSONS AS WELL. EMILY: MEANTIME, YOU GOT THIS DEBATE GOING ON ABOUT WHAT THIS ACTUALLY MEANS FOR OUR CHILDREN. IT IS ONE THING TO GET THROUGH THE DAY, BUT WHEN WE ALL GO BACK TO WORK, WE GO BACK TO SCHOOL, IS THIS DIVIDE SOMEHOW EXACERBATED? ONE OF OUR BLOOMBERG OPINION WRITERS ON THE BLOOMBERG EDITORIAL BOARD WROTE A PIECE ABOUT " CLOSING SOME SCHOOLS MAKE BECAUSE SOME KIDS A LIFETIME OF HARM. " HE SAYS IN HIS PIECE THAT SOME POINT, WHENEVER THE PANDEMIC RECEDES, THEY WILL GO BACK IN THE CLASSROOM BUT ONE THAT MAY NEVER CATCH UP AGAIN, WHILE THE OTHER WILL PULL AHEAD. DO WE HAVE TO BE WORRIED ABOUT THAT? SAL: YEAH, I THINK WE DO. THE REALITY IS EVEN IF THERE WERE NO SUPPORT, YOU AND MY CHILDREN WOULD GET SOME TYPE OF SUPPORT AS SCHOOLS CLOSED. HISTORICALLY, EVEN SUMMER VACATION, BUT SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED. MIDDLE-CLASS AND UPPER-MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILIES CAN GET ENRICHING ACTIVITIES FOR THEIR CHILDREN WHILE POOR FAMILIES DO NOT HAVE ACCESS. THERE ' S ALWAYS THIS THING CALLED SUMMER VACATION WHICH IS A MAJOR SOURCE OF INEQUITY. BUT THAT ' S A REALLY SOURCE OF SCENARIO WHERE IT MAY BE FIVE MONTHS. THERE ' S A REAL SCENARIO AS WE GO BACK TO SCHOOL, IF THE VIRUS PICKS UP AGAIN AND THINGS NORMALIZE, THEY MIGHT HAVE TO BE SHUT DOWN AGAIN IN A MOMENTS NOTICE. THAT IS WHY TOLD THE TEAM HERE AT KHAN ACADEMY, NOT THE PROFIT FOR THIS GOAL OF EDUCATION FOR ANYWHERE. WE HAVE TO STEP UP AND MAKE SURE PEOPLE HAVE COMPLETE OFFERINGS. THEY KNOW HOW TO STRUCTURE THEIR DAYS. AND IT IS FOR SURE NOT GOING TO BE THE FULL SOLUTION FOR EVERYTHING, BUT HOPEFULLY IT WILL HELP LEVEL SOME OF THESE INEQUITIES WE HAVE. I CANNOT CLAIM WE CAN SOLVE IT BUT THESE OTHER THE QUESTIONS WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES. EMILY: I VIEW SOME OF THE KHAN ACADEMY SCHEDULE, MY CHILDREN HAVE USED IT. AT THE SAME TIME, I AM WORKING FROM HOME, ANCHORING AN ENTIRE SHOW FROM HOME. IT IS HARD TO OBVIOUSLY KEEP CHILDREN ENGAGED OR SOMETIMES IT IS JUST KEEPING THEM DISTRACTED FOR THE TIME I NEED TO WORK. I HAD MY SON BARGE INTO MY ROOM TODAY IN THE MIDDLE OF A RADIO HIT. WE, AS P ARENTS, I THINK MANY OF US ARE PUTTING PRESSURE ON OURSELVES TO HAVE SOME SORT OF STRUCTURE BUT GET OUR OWN WORK DONE. HOW MUCH AS WE AS PARENTS BE EXPECT OUR CHILDREN TO ACTUALLY GET OUT OF THIS TIME? SAL: SO, THE FIRST THING UNTIL THE PARENTS, AND SAME BOAT, I HAVE THREE YOUNG KIDS AT HOME. THEY ARE COPING AT DIFFERENT LEVELS, TO DIFFERENT DEGREES. I TELL PARENTS THERE IS SO MUCH TO THINK ABOUT RIGHT NOW. DON ' T BEAT UP ON YOURSELF. WE ARE GOING TO FIGURE THIS OUT TOGETHER. IF YOU WANT TO GET STARTED, JUST FOCUS ON THE BASICS AT FIRST. AN HOUR OF READING, AN HOUR OF MATH. WE CAN HELP YOU THERE. WE HAVE BOOK LISTS THAT CAN BE HELPFUL. THAT IS A GREAT START. I ' VE GOT REASSURANCES FROM HOME SCHOOLING PARENTS THAT AS LONG AS YOU KEEP UP TO IT AND KEEP CONSISTENCY, THE KIDS WILL ALSO GET ADAPTED TO IT. ESPECIALLY FOR THE YOUNG KIDS, IT CAN BE VERY HARD. ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOUR PARENTS ARE TRYING TO DO A JOB. BUT DON ' T BEAT UP ON YOURSELF, DON ' T STRESS ABOUT IT. TAKE IT ONE STEP AT A TIME. DO THE NEXT RIGHT THING. DEPENDING ON HOW LONG THIS CLOSURE SITUATION GOES, WE CAN FOLLOW A PATTERN. WE ARE ALSO DOING THINGS LIKE DAILY LIVE STREAMS, ADVICE FOR PARENTS, PARENT WEBINARS. AND DISSEMINATING INFORMATION SO THE PARENTS CAN SAY WHAT WORKS FOR THEM. EMILY: FOCUS ON WHAT YOU ARE SEEKING GLOBALLY BECAUSE YOU HAVE SEEN KIDS COMING BACK TO SCHOOL IN ASIA. NOW OBVIOUSLY, THIS CRISIS HAS SPREAD THROUGH EUROPE AND, OF COURSE, IN THE UNITED STATES. ARE THERE ANY LESSONS YOU ARE SEEING HAPPENING ELSEWHERE AND LEARNING FROM THAT OTHERS CAN TAKE AWAY? SAL: WELL, I MEAN, THE CLEAR THING YOU ARE SEEING MORE AT THE VIRUS LEVEL IS SOCIAL DISTANCING IS IMPORTANT TO SHUT DOWN THINGS BUT I DON ' T THINK ANYONE HAS FIGURED OUT THE SCHOOL CLOSURE SITUATION. WE ARE RELATIVELY SMALL NOT-FOR-PROFIT WITH A BUDGET OF A LARGE HIGH SCHOOL, BUT WE REACH -- BEFORE THE CRISIS, 100 MILLION STUDENTS A YEAR. IT MIGHT END UP BEING MANY MULTIPLES OF THAT. WE ARE SAYING, HEY, WE HAVE TO STEP UP TO FILL A LOT OF THIS VOID THAT NO ONE HAS QUITE FIGURED OUT YET. WE SURVEYED TEACHERS OF THE WEEKEND. IT LOOKS LIKE HALF OF THEM ARE IN DISTRICTS WITH NO ON MY LEARNING PLAN. OF THE OTHER HALF, IT IS HIT OR MISS. THERE ' S NOT A LOT OF GUIDANCE FOR TEACHERS, STUDENTS AND PARENTS. WE SEE OUR ROLE TO STEP IT. LAST WEEK ON MONDAY, OUR TRAFFIC WAS UP 60%. TUESDAY, 80%. WEDNESDAY, 100%. IT IS CONTINUING TO ACCELERATE SO WE ARE TRYING TO DO WHAT WE CAN. WE ARE NOT-FOR-PROFIT TO OUR COSTS ARE GOING UP, BUT OUR DONATIONS NEED TO KEEP UP WITH IT. EMILY: SO, WHEN THE DUST SETTLES, AND IT WILL SETTLE AT SOME POINT, WE JUST DON ' T KNOW WHEN, WHAT DO YOU THINK THE IMPACT ON THE U.S. EDUCATION SYSTEM WILL BE? SAL: YEAH, THAT IS A BIG QUESTION. WE DON ' T KNOW HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE FOR THAT DUST TO SETTLE. I THINK OF THE DUST SETTLES IN A MATTER OF WEEKS, WE WON ' T SEE MAJOR STRUCTURAL CHANGES. I THINK SOME OF THESE THINGS LIKE INTERNET ACCESS FOR COMPUTERS AT HOME ARE NOW GOING TO BE VIEWED AS A HUMAN RIGHT, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE TO BE SOCIALLY DISTANCED OR YOUR SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED. I THINK IF WE FACE A SITUATION WHERE SCHOOLS CLOSE FROM NOW THROUGH THE SUMMER AND EVEN BACK TO SCHOOL, IT IS HIT AND MISS. MAYBE THE VIRUS TO EXPECT UP IN THE FALL WHEN SOCIETY NORMALIZES. YOU MIGHT HAVE TO CLOSE SCHOOLS GET. THEN YOU ARE IN A SITUATION WHERE SCHOOLS HAVE TO HAVE CLEAR VIRTUALIZATION PLANS. THOSE PLANS CANNOT JUST BE DOING SOMETHING HEAVILY DIFFERENT -- COMPLETE LEAGUE DIFFERENT WHEN SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED AND WHEN THEY ARE OPEN. SOME ELEMENT OF THE PERSONALIZATION ONLINE LEARNING NEEDS TO BE HAPPENING DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, AND MAYBE 20% OF THE REGULAR SCHOOL YEAR. BUT THEN WHEN THE SCHOOLS HAVE TO GET CLOSED, THEN THEY CAN LEAN MUCH MORE ON THAT PART OF THE SOLUTION WHILE STILL CREATING WAYS FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS TO INTERACT ON THINGS LIKE VIDEOCONFERENCING. EMILY: FASCINATING. CERTAINLY A MASSIVE EXPERIMENT AT A SCALE WE COULD NEVER HAVE IMAGINED. SAL KHAN, THANK YOU.

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