“Wei Ji,” the Chinese word for crisis, translates into “dangerous opportunity.” The COVID-19 outbreak has presented a dangerous opportunity to innovate public school education.
The closure of thousands of K-12 public schools has forced school districts to provide distance learning for over 32.5 million students who are at home. Due to this coronavirus crisis we can get a glimpse into what public school education could be in the future.
Many school districts are creating online curriculum for their students forced to stay home.