Cassidy James   

Apparently a cyberattack took my home state’s largest school district offline for a few days, canceling classes and requiring kids to make the days up similar to snow days.

It makes me wonder: what if the district had something like the offline learning content we provide with @EndlessOS & #EndlessKey? Kids could at least continue to access supplementary material, even if they were home for logistical reasons.

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/education/2023/01/11/des-moines-public-schools-dmps-cyberattack-class-cancelations-calendar-school-year/69796855007/

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What to know about the Des Moines Public Schools cyberattack and how it affects classes

The DMPS cyberattack led to Des Moines schools canceling classes, and additions to the calendar for the school year. Here's what we know.

The Des Moines Register
Jan 13, 2023 at 5:12amWeb
Show threadCorneil du Plessis (he/him)Jan 13, 2023
@cassidy @EndlessOS South African developed educational system all support offline content because connectivity isn't guaranteed.
Show threadCassidy James   Jan 13, 2023
@corneil @EndlessOS makes sense! We work with communities around the world that don't have guaranteed connectivity, but it turns out: *nobody* has guaranteed connectivity. 😅
Show threadCorneil du Plessis (he/him)Jan 13, 2023
@cassidy @EndlessOS except the developers and product manager of some large and successful education systems.
Show threadRaymond JohnsonJan 13, 2023
@cassidy @EndlessOS I don't know how it is in Iowa, but in Colorado schools are required to have a minimum of "contact time" to constitute a school year. There's flexibility about what counts and what doesn't, like some schools count the passing minutes between classes and some don't, but I don't know if a district could count unsupervised, student-at-home time.