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Lack of Home Internet a Challenge for Students - Education Week - 0 views

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EER EDCI325 Access BroadbandAccess 2017

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  • Nationally, the Federal Communications Commission notes that 7 out of 10 teachers assign homework that requires high-speed Internet access, yet in some communities, only 1 in 3 students can access the Web at home.
  • anonymous on 22 Mar 17
     
    edweek.org has a ton of articles about internet access and students. This particular article talked about a girl in high school who lived in a home without internet and how she struggled with doing online homework until the free Kajeet program gave her family free internet.
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Broadband Access for Education - 0 views

www.ncsl.org/...band-access-for-education.aspx

EER EDCI325 BroadbandAccess 2017

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  • Access to high-speed Internet in schools is particularly important for rural and low-income communities. When Internet connections in schools are too slow, and students don’t have access at home, students miss the benefits of educational technologies altogether.
  • anonymous on 22 Mar 17
     
    This website talks about how most if not all schools have internet access, but they need to be stronger and low income families and communities should have the same access in their homes.
anonymous

Equal Internet Access Is a K-12 Must-Have - Education Week - 1 views

www.edweek.org/...19brunner.h32.html

EER EDCI325 BroadbandAccess Access 2017

shared by anonymous on 31 Jul 14 - No Cached
  • This lack of access particularly affects minorities. Only 55 percent of African-American and 57 percent of Hispanic households are able to access the Internet at home, and only 50 percent of residents in rural areas have high-speed Internet, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce.
  • Torey Olson on 31 Jul 14
     
    Making sure that all students have Internet access, at home and in school, is crucial, writes Helen Brunner.
  • anonymous on 22 Mar 17
     
    I found this website from a few years ago in our Diigo group. It explains that the lack of internet access in America is bad and that access is crucial to students because of the fact that we are becoming more dependent on internet access.
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