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Millions of Students Are Still Without WiFi and Tech—Why Haven’t Policymakers Stepped Up?

Edsurge

COVID-19 shed light on the huge gap in policy relating to tech and infrastructure provisioning—what many are now referring to as a civil rights issue. Then, there are states that lacked laws prior to 2020, but began responding to the at-home learning requirement with new legislation for future needs. Jennifer E.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, The key word in that headline isn’t “digital”; it’s “force.” Um, they do.)

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