Of the homework5/27/2023 ![]() The “homework gap” is where those numbers overlap.Īccording to the Alliance for Excellent Education, the homework gap affects nearly 17 million students nationwide. Yet data from the Federal Communications Commission-where I work-suggest that one in three households do not subscribe to broadband. Now, seven in ten teachers assign homework that requires access to the Internet. The days when schoolwork required only paper and pencil are long gone. This especially cruel part of the digital divide is known as the “homework gap.” It is time for a national plan to address it. They live in rural areas, urban areas, and everywhere in-between. ![]() There are kids like them in communities across the country. This was no exception it was heart wrenching to see what these students in Salinas, California had to do to keep up in school. Images often go viral because they touch a nerve. They had nowhere else to go to get online and attend their remote class. ![]() Instead, they were seen cross-legged on the ground with laptops on their knees, trying to catch a free WiFi signal to do their schoolwork. They were not headed to the restaurant for lunch. At the start of this school year, a picture of two young girls sitting outside a Taco Bell swept across the Internet.
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