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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.
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. The system goes down, or someone is working on a tower, or there s too many people on the Wi-Fi hotspot and it cuts out, Lozano said.
Since schools shut down in the spring, districts have scrambled to distribute laptops and internet so students can engage in schooling from home. But almost a year later, with no end in sight for virtual learning, millions of students still lack reliably fast internet or a working computer – the basic tools to participate in live lessons from home.
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.