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See more on demand at cspan. Org or listen on the cspan radio app. Your place for an unfiltered view of politics. Joining us this week on the communicators is alan pratt, he is the executive director of the National RuralEducation Association and he joins us from chattanooga, tennessee. What is that association and what do you do . Our association is the voice of rural schools and Rural Communities across the country. Thank you for the invite to be on the show and really highlight what we do as an organization. One of the things we do is we advocate for all areas, all issues that involve a rural schools and communities and right now we are looking at a Digital Divide and we are looking at the reopening of schools in a very different way. That is what i a ....
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Association and what do you do . Then our association is voice of rural schools and Rural Communities across the country. Thank you for the invite to be on the show and really highlight what we do as an organization. One of the things we do is we advocate for all areas, all issues that involve rural schools and communities. We are looking at a digital divide. We are looking at reopening schools in a very different way. Thats what a lot of our work has been focused on the last five months. When you look at online availability for education, where do you see the deficits . I think home access is the biggest deficit in rural, remote areas or areas outside of urban, suburban areas. We have connectivity issues with cell phones and wired access as well. We have a 40 beauty issues affordability issues. We are looking at the lack of access and affordability of the surface. How many students are we talking about . Allen overall, you kno ....