During the COVID-19 pandemic, many local students are learning at home via public TV.
The Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation and WNIN are working together as part of an agreement between Indiana Public Broadcasting and the Indiana Department of Education.
WNIN Vice President of TV, Bonnie Rheinhardt, said the station is broadcasting classes for specific grade The Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation and WNIN are working together as part of an agreement levels between 8 .a.m. and noon each weekday…
"The teachers are actually recording their classes in front of a camera, and the school corporation personnel are recording that. They're sending those videos over to us so that we can schedule them appropriately according to their schedule."
Rheinhardt said about 20 percent of young students don’t have access to reliable broadband…
"By broadcasting them on public media, channel 9, anybody with a TV can watch them and they're getting to see their teachers."
Rheinhardt noted that some of the programs chosen by teachers are PBS programs for school-aged children.
The televised classes are scheduled continue until the end of the semester.
Rheinhardt says the station would be interested in extending the programming to the fall, if needed.
In a release, WNIN President Brad Kimmel said the station is happy to do “exactly what public media was created to do.”