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Daija Showers, 15, is a virtual learner at Lincoln High School in South Dallas. She is among 50 students testing a new pilot program to provide free internet access to students in Dallas ISD.
A pilot program allowed 50 students who live within two miles of the school to tap into an extended WiFi network for free, providing a connection that works better than mobile hotspots.
The noisy renovations at the house next door aren’t getting in the way of 15-year-old Daija Showers’ schoolwork. Her eyes are glued to her laptop as she stares down her geometry work.
“It’s kind of hard, but I will get it … eventually,” she says. “I find school very important to me because of the road that I want to take.”
Texas big plan for closing the digital divide: at-home broadband internet for every student
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Luis Rodriguez, Xfinity comp tech supervisor, is shown with a home modem Thursday, March 4, 2021 in Houston. Texas Education Agency officials are targeting a new, unprecedented goal in the coming years to ensure all public-school students have at-home broadband internet.Melissa Phillip, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Luis Rodriguez, Xfinity comp tech supervisor, is shown at a cable box outside a home Thursday, March 4, 2021 in Houston. Texas Education Agency officials are targeting a new, unprecedented goal in the coming years to ensure all public-school students have at-home broadband internet.Melissa Phillip, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less