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Homework in a McDonald’s parking lot: Inside one mother’s fight to help her kids get an education during coronavirus

The Hechinger Report

Greenville schools have some of the highest school dropout rates in the state, and Johnson also viewed staying at home as necessary to defend her children’s chances of living an easier life. “I Widespread lack of broadband access complicates learning. Some days, the device’s download speed seemed to function at a crawl.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” “A Conveyor Belt of Dropouts and Debt at For-Profit Colleges ” by Susan Dynarski. The company said that it would keep the Vine website online, but you should probably download anything you’ve got there. Via The New York Times : “ Broadband Providers Will Need Permission to Collect Private Data.”