BOSTON (CBS) - Some 5 million school-age children do not have a broadband internet connection at home, according to the Pew Research Center. The discrepancy is part of what educators call the ...

In less than a year of remote schooling, our students fell six months behind where they should be. For students of color and those in low-income households, the deficit is even greater. Much of the ...

One in 5 urban teachers say most of their students don’t have the home access to the internet necessary to do assignments outside of class, finds a new teacher survey by the nonprofit Common Sense ...

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KEY ASSIGNMENTS. WHEN STUDENTS LEAVE SCHOOL FOR THE DAY A GOOD NUMBER OF THEM RETURN TO HOMES WITH NO ACCESS TO THE INTERNET. LISA: A LOT OF KIDS GO HOME WI PROJECTS, AND THEY HAVE NO WAY TO DO ANY ...

H. Richard Milner IV is the Helen Faison professor of urban education at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the author of "Start Where You Are, but Don’t Stay There: Understanding Diversity, ...