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Coronavirus is poised to inflame inequality in schools

The Hechinger Report

The threat of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, is forcing educators across the country to think about what they’ll do if they have to close their schools for weeks or even months at a time. State and federal agencies have advised schools to create online learning plans to minimize the disruption to student learning.

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

He spends a couple hours by himself, making snacks, doing his homework, and playing video games. About 30 percent of households don’t have high-speed broadband, with a higher concentration of those households in minority and low-income communities, according to a brief by the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education.

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

He spends a couple hours by himself, making snacks, doing his homework, and playing video games. About 30 percent of households don’t have high-speed broadband, with a higher concentration of those households in minority and low-income communities, according to a brief by the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

.” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “A state-court jury in Connecticut on Thursday sided with a fraternity whose house was closed by Wesleyan University in the fall of 2015 after the fraternity, Delta Kappa Epsilon, resisted complying with a university mandate to admit women.” Upgrades and Downgrades. million total.