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How one city closed the digital divide for nearly all its students

The Hechinger Report

You don’t have a computer, you don’t have internet, you can’t even access distance learning,” Silver said. RELATED: Racial segregation is one reason some families have internet access and others don’t, new research finds. We need to change that.”. “We We can’t afford not to.”. The homework gap isn’t new.

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

now live in poverty, a mark hit in 2013 for the first time in 50 years, according to the Southern Education Foundation. Compared to white and affluent students, low-income and minority students have less access to nearly every type of educational benefit. When they go home, they may not have that.”. Ending Social Promotion.

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

now live in poverty, a mark hit in 2013 for the first time in 50 years, according to the Southern Education Foundation. Compared to white and affluent students, low-income and minority students have less access to nearly every type of educational benefit. When they go home, they may not have that.”