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05/13/21 More than 9-in-10 students learning from home are using WiFi rather than wired connections. But the quality of their wireless connections varies greatly. According to a new report, there are steps schools and districts can take to help improve their students’ home WiFi performance some at a cost, some using IT staff expertise and legwork. The report, the Student Home Connectivity Study, from the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), studied data from 13 districts representing some 750,000 students in the United States. Among many significant findings, the researchers discovered that 92% of students working from home use WiFi rather than wired connections for their internet ....