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 ...

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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 ...

(TNS) — Because of the need to make sure every student has 24-hour Internet access, buses may play a significant role in Decatur City Schools’ plan to change how it delivers education. DCS technology ...

Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering cellphone services, broadband, citywide Wi-Fi, the Net neutrality debate and the consolidation of the phone companies. When schools ...

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 ...

The pandemic-forced nationwide shift to distance learning has made internet access a precondition to student participation in the entire learning process. Offering universal internet access is a ...

School kids in rural Michigan who have less-than-adequate internet connections at home could get some homework done on the bus if Microsoft gets FCC approval for an experiment it wants to try. The ...