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TexasTowelie

(111,297 posts)
Mon Jun 10, 2019, 11:50 PM Jun 2019

'Homework gap' shows millions of kids lack home internet

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — With no computer or internet at home, Raegan Byrd's homework assignments present a nightly challenge: How much can she get done using just her smartphone?

On the tiny screen, she switches between web pages for research projects, losing track of tabs whenever friends send messages. She uses her thumbs to tap out school papers, but when glitches keep her from submitting assignments electronically, she writes them out by hand.

"At least I have something, instead of nothing, to explain the situation," said Raegan, a high school senior in Hartford.

She is among nearly 3 million students around the country who face struggles keeping up with their studies because they must make do without home internet. In classrooms, access to laptops and the internet is nearly universal. But at home, the cost of internet service and gaps in its availability create obstacles in urban areas and rural communities alike.

Read more: http://www.news-gazette.com/news/2019-06-10/homework-gap-shows-millions-kids-lack-home-internet.html
(Champaign News-Gazette)

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'Homework gap' shows millions of kids lack home internet (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jun 2019 OP
students did homework for thousands of yrs before the internet nt msongs Jun 2019 #1
Not these students. WheelWalker Jun 2019 #2
Never has been, likely never will be. elleng Jun 2019 #3
Thousands of years? Maybe decades. House of Roberts Jun 2019 #4
That's true but CRK7376 Mar 2020 #6
Spam deleted by MIR Team rayshow Feb 2020 #5
As a high school teacher I give very little homework CRK7376 Mar 2020 #7
Spam deleted by MIR Team PatricMurphy89 Apr 2020 #8
Hmmmmm ..... marble falls Apr 2020 #9
IKR The Polack MSgt Apr 2020 #10
Spam deleted by MIR Team Brykk Apr 2020 #11

House of Roberts

(5,120 posts)
4. Thousands of years? Maybe decades.
Tue Jun 11, 2019, 05:30 AM
Jun 2019

Better off homes had encyclopedias, making the wealth gap real then too.

CRK7376

(2,187 posts)
6. That's true but
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 10:01 PM
Mar 2020

it's harder now when the schools don't buy any textbooks. The most recent US History textbook I have in my classroom was published and purchased by our school in 2008. And we are a Title 1 school, where if we are lucky, 50% of the kids have internet on any given day. Many of our kids lose their internet at home because the bill wasn't paid and/or they don't have a computer. My school issued over 600 laptops wiping out our school two weeks ago when school cancelled until May15th due to COVID-19. Until classes resume we are trying to teach to our kids through e-learning. I hate it, but I'm not much of a tech type and would much rather see faces and bodies in the classroom. We do our best with what we have virus or not.

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CRK7376

(2,187 posts)
7. As a high school teacher I give very little homework
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 10:05 PM
Mar 2020

knowing that most of it will not be attempted or completed. My classroom assignments roll into homework and if I'm lucky, most of my kids will turn it in.

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