The South-by-Southwest education conference for 2020 is cancelled, due to emergency declarations related to COVID-19. Pius and Rachel discuss what happens next, for educators in Texas and across the country. Related to this episode: • How Coronavirus Took Down SXSW: https://www.citylab.com/equity/2020/03/sxsw-cancellation-coronavirus-austin-music-film-festival/607669/ • How Do You Build a Career in EdTech?: https://schedule.sxswedu.com/2020/events/PP102219 • Past podcast episodes with Melanie Kong: http://www.k12engineering.net/guests/10 • State-by-state breakdown of 120 rural hospital closures: https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/state-by-state-breakdown-of-120-rural-hospital-closures.html Subscribe and find more podcast information at: http://www.k12engineering.net. Support Pios Labs with regular donations on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pioslabs, or send one-time contributions by buying us coffee: https://ko-fi.com/pioslabs. Thanks to our donors and listeners for making the show possible. The K12 Engineering Education Podcast is a production of Pios Labs: http://www.pioslabs.com.