we're gonna to start in a few minutes.

Probably a few seconds.

- [Phillipe] You're online on Twitter,

should see the Twitter.

- Should we start?

- [Phillipe] Let's put this online.

Okay then, go ahead, ready.

- Hello, well, thanks everyone for joining.

The whole idea of this livestream

and we're thinking of doing this as regularly as we can,

is obviously the world is going through

something of a crisis right now

around the COVID, coronavirus.

And a part of that, obviously people are,

first and foremost,

concerned about their and the community's health

and the spread of the virus

and how to best stop that.

But then, there's obviously side-on effects of that

and one of them is that we're starting

to see increasing school closures.

Obviously, other countries, like South Korea, Japan,

and more recently Italy and France,

have closed down schools entirely.

And we're starting to see that in the US now.

My children's school was closed as of today.

And obviously, Khan Academy,

a non-profit mission of

free world-class education for anyone, anywhere.

The way that we've tried to help doing that

is by creating resources online

that could be used in conjunction with classrooms

that could also be used independently by students.

We think this is our duty to really step up now

and make sure that as many students as possible

feel supported as possible,

as many parents as possible feel supported,

as many teachers as possible feel supported.

So, what we're gonna do today,

and this is all a little bit of improvisation,

is I'll tell you what I've been telling.

We've been getting a lot of inquiries

from various outlets and things.

I'll tell you what we've been telling everyone.

What resources we're gonna try to put together

and then, I'd just love to take questions

from anyone out there,

whether you're a parent, student, teacher,

or whether you're just someone

who's curious about things.

So, big picture, what we're saying,

so first of all Khan Academy,

many of y'all are familiar with it.

We do have a lot of the core resources

that students of all ages would need

to be able to keep learning.

If you start at the youngest age level,

we have Khan Academy Kids.

Khan Academy Kids is for as young as ages two to three,

but it will adapt the students all the way

to through the first grade standards.

We've just added the first grade standards,

and that's in reading, writing, math,

and social-emotional learning.

We can talk about the ideal use case for it,

I think for that younger crowd,

maybe 20 minutes a day

or at least no more than 20 minute sessions.

Ideally, sitting on the lap or sitting next to

a parent or loved one who can

work through it with them.

But that could be an interesting starting point

and we'll talk more about

some of the ways that you could structure your day.

As you get into early elementary,

mid-elementary, late-elementary and even middle school,

on the English and Language Arts side,

we actually just launched,

it's actually not even launched,

it's a beta of our English and Language Arts.

It's not perfect, we have to make some product changes

so that it can better work

for the English and Language Arts modality.

But it has some really great content on it already.

So, if you go to the Khan Academy,

the main dropdown menu on the top left.

You'll see, when the menu comes down,

you'll see it on the bottom right,

it'll say ELA Beta,

and then, you can pick the appropriate grade level.

Once again, I'll talk more about how to use that,

but that has reading comprehension,

which is, I think, one of the most important things

for parents and students and teachers to keep up with

while we're going through this unfortunate situation.

On the math side,

this is probably what we're most known for.

A lot of people associate us with those videos,

but actually I think the most valuable thing we offer

is the ability for students to practice

as much as they need,

in any concept, all standards aligned,

at their own time and pace.

That goes all the way from the kindergarten standards.

And, so do have an overlap

between Khan Academy Kids and the website,

where I would say if a student

is just learning to read, still quite young,

Khan Academy Kids is a better resource.

But if you're, for the kindergarten, first-grade standards,

but if you have a second grader

who could use the remediation or could use to go back,

you've heard teachers say they like to start

all their students back at kindergarten.

That actually could be useful to just make sure

they have no Swiss cheese gaps.

But for sure, once you get to second, third, fourth grade,

all the way through middle school, high school, and college,

we've got you covered on the math side of things.

And then, as you go into a high school

science and social studies,

we have most of the core subjects there as well.

And then, on top of that we have

the official SAT practice with this,

which is math, reading, and writing.

I think that's appropriate for any high school student

and even some precocious middle school students,

if they wanna just make sure they

get that practice in those three areas.

And for enrichment, I think our computer programming

is really a lot of fun

and it could be a really good way

to spend some down time if students are at home.

The thing that I'm emphasizing

and we're emphasizing as a team to parents,

is try to keep things--

Don't try to do everything all at once.

It's not even healthy (laughs)

to be in front of a screen for eight hours a day

while schools are closed.

Try to focus first on just the core fundamentals,

and then, if that's working,

then, layer on from there.

In our minds, the core fundamentals are

the reading, the math, and the writing.

The reading, you could use our English and Language Arts

for students to get practice reading passages,

answering comprehension questions on it.

So, that's a good source of reading practice.

And also just reading books, it's really that simple.

We hope over the next week to send out

some reading lists and things like that to make it easier

for parents and teachers and students on their own,

to know what types of resources they can look at.

On the math side, depending on the age range,

and we're gonna send out archetype schedules

over the next week.

But for younger students,

I think sessions of about 20 minutes

is about appropriate.

The important thing is to just do the reading

and do the math every day.

That's what really makes a difference.

That will keep students from forgetting

over this time period.

And, I believe actually can help them, push them forward.

And, if you can get that reading and that math,

I would say, even two hours a day

is just the core base for students of any age,

I think you're not going to be regressing

over this period

and might be progressing.

And then, from there you can layer on more,

especially for older students.

And, I think once you get to middle school

and high school students,

we can offer almost a full, complete day.

And, we're also gonna send other resources

that are out there, podcasts,

other things you can read, magazines that are good to read,

in this obviously very interesting time

that our globe (chuckles) is facing.

So, that's the initial thinking right now.

If you go to Khan Academy,

you'll see a little banner that says,

"Hey, if you're seeing school closures

because of the virus, click here."

And, you'll see an evolving page

that has our resources,

how do you get started, etc, etc.

Some of what I just talked about,

we haven't put up yet so please come on a daily basis,

it's going to be changing regularly.

I'm hoping by Monday or Tuesday,

we're going to put those schedules up.

So, if you are a student or if you have a child

or if you're a teacher of children

who are of certain age groups,

what could a schedule look like for them,

including things like breaks.

Making sure everyone gets time to run around

and play and explore and pay attention

to the news and all of that.

But with that, I'd love to take questions that folks have.

My colleague, Irene, she's got a laptop here.

- Hi, everyone.

- We've got this light coming through the blinds that's--

- This light.

It's been great to get people's questions in.

So, let me sound share some with you.

From Kristin Allen, we have a question of,

"Is there a social-emotional learning

on Khan Academy for first and second grade?"

- So, thanks for that question.

So on Khan Academy Kids,

we do have social-emotional learning.

Social-emotional learning is a very broad space,

but for Khan Academy Kids,

that is definitely integrated into that offering

and that's appropriate through students

up to six years old,

go through the six-year old standards.

We don't have a deep social-emotional learning

offering on Khan Academy Proper.

I think that is a good call-out,

and as we ramp up materials,

I think it would be powerful for us

to think about how do we that, too

'cause a lot of what we've been building

over the many many years that are

I think going to be valuable

for people of this period.

We've been very focused on your core academics.

but I think what we're trying to do,

this live stream was really the first.

Our first run at this,

is try to give people a sense of community,

try to give people a sense of connectedness,

as we are all socially isolating, so to speak.

And, also give folks materials and things to do.

So, you're gonna see all of us at Khan Academy

broadening what we're talking about.

I think you're gonna, as you see the schedules

and things that we put out next week,

we're gonna say,

"This is your time to play."

"This is your time to meditate maybe."

We're also gonna be exploring with other partners,

ways that we can all interact in deeper ways

so, that we don't all feel completely isolated.