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Online learning will be hard for kids whose schools close – and the digital divide will make it even harder for some of them

  • Written by Jessica Calarco, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Indiana University
Online learning will be hard for kids whose schools close – and the digital divide will make it even harder for some of themMillions of US kids are suddenly being taught outside the classroom.asife/Shutterstock.com

More than 10,600 of the nation’s public and private schools were closing at least temporarily by March 12 as communities scrambled to protect themselves from the COVID-19 viral disease pandemic.

With little or no time to prepare for this disruption,...

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