New Hampshire Schools Confront Student Broadband Issues
In a survey conducted this summer by the N.H. Department of Education, 32 percent of parents in Keene, H.H., and several other municipalities, said technical issues disrupt their child's remote instruction at times.
by Caleb Symons, The Keene Sentinel
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December 14, 2020
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Faulkner Elementary School in
Stoddard, where Bridges teaches 4th and 5th grade, transitioned to fully remote learning in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That meant battling the rural town's spotty Internet coverage, which she said created connectivity issues for about half of her students.
"You'd teach a lesson, and like four kids would only hear half of it," she said. "You'd be calling them on the phone, trying to catch them up on what they missed."