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Article: How COVID taught America about inequity in education

  • 1.  Article: How COVID taught America about inequity in education

    Posted 07-19-2021 11:20 PM

    Excerpt: The report also makes clear the degree of racial and economic digital inequality. Black and Hispanic households with school-aged children were 1.3 to 1.4 times as likely as white ones to face limited access to computers and the internet, and more than two in five low-income households had only limited access. It's a problem that could have far-reaching consequences given that young students of color are much more likely to live in remote-only districts.

    https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/07/how-covid-taught-america-about-inequity-in-education/

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    Jorge Saenz De Viteri
    http://jorgesaenzdeviteri.com
    Pomona NY
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