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How PBS SoCal/KCET and LAUSD Launched an Entire At-Home Learning Service in Just a Week

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What started a week ago as a phone call between the Los Angeles Unified School District superintendent and the leader of the city’s flagship PBS stations has quickly turned into a massive at-home learning initiative being implemented by public TV stations across the country.

As concerns continued to grow over the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19), LAUSD superintendent Austin Beutner contacted PBS SoCal/KCET CEO Andrew Russell on Sunday, March 8 with a question: Could the school district, which operates its own, smaller PBS TV station (KLCS-Channel 58) partner with the market’s two major public broadcasters (PBS SoCal/KOCE-Channel 50 and KCET-Channel 28) to help serve students should schools be shut down?

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