A year into the pandemic, thousands of students still can t get reliable WiFi for school. The digital divide remains worse than ever. Erin Richards, Elinor Aspegren and Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY
Here s why access to the internet is not created equal, how COVID-19 made it worse
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In Los Angeles, special education teacher Jaime Lozano strives to keep the attention of his elementary students during online classes.
But no matter the charisma he brings to the screen, it s no match for glitchy internet connections. Every day, about a third of his students experience an outage that cuts into their learning time, Lozano said. Nearly all of his students are from low-income families, and many can t afford wired, broadband service.
A year into the pandemic, thousands of students still can t get reliable WiFi for school. The digital divide remains worse than ever. Erin Richards, Elinor Aspegren and Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY
Here s why access to the internet is not created equal, how COVID-19 made it worse
Replay Video UP NEXT
In Los Angeles, special education teacher Jaime Lozano strives to keep the attention of his elementary students during online classes.
But no matter the charisma he brings to the screen, it s no match for glitchy internet connections. Every day, about a third of his students experience an outage that cuts into their learning time, Lozano said. Nearly all of his students are from low-income families, and many can t afford wired, broadband service.