And the homework gap in many ways mirrors broader educational barriers for poor and minority students. Students without internet at home are more likely to be students of color, from low-income ...

U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) is urging prominent tech companies to help ensure that Virginia students can properly participate in distance learning this fall. “While the CARES Act provided ...

Learning is mobile–but how can schools provide reliable high-speed internet for students who need devices at home, but who lack connectivity? In July, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ...

Washington, D.C., Nov. 29, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National AfterSchool Association (NAA) has received a $500,000 grant from Google to support the integration of technology into afterschool ...

PATERSON, New Jersey (WABC) -- A new approach to helping kids in school keeps them connected by providing tablets for those who might not have one at home. Hundreds of high school freshmen across ...

One of the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic was that many families didn’t have reliable internet access at home. As schools closed and classes moved online, educators rushed to improvise solutions for ...

When Xerox CEO Ursula Burns steps down from her position later this year, it will mark the end of having an African-American woman leading a Fortune 500 company as its chief executive officer. Burns, ...

A federal program that helps schools get access to internet and broadband services could soon is getting an important update. The Federal Communications Commission on July 18 voted to expand its ...

As Congress debates what form fall coronavirus relief should take, teachers unions are lobbying for America’s elected representatives to help close the “homework gap.” “The coronavirus pandemic has ...

In what has become known as the homework gap, an estimated 17% of U.S. students do not have access to computers at home and 18% do not have home access to broadband internet, according to an ...