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As pandemic highlights education inequity, Calgary teen raises money for technology for all students – Calgary
Learning online has been a struggle for many Calgary families who don’t have the money for computers or internet access. Now, a Calgary high school student is doing his part to try to reduce that digital divide. Jayce Farris feels fortunate that he always had internet access and a computer when the pandemic forced …
‘Inexcusable’ technology inequity will be focus of budget, MCPS superintendent says
Money also needed for supplemental learning, professional development | Published: 2020-05-07 19:00 The coronavirus pandemic is laying bare longstanding inequities in access to technology, and addressing the problem will have an impact on the Montgomery County Public Schools budget, Superintendent Jack Smith said Thursday. Comparing the importance of technology to providing textbooks to students, Smith …
Coronavirus has exposed deep race inequity in health care. Can Philadelphia change the trend?
Decades of racial bias have put minorities at a disadvantage in education, where they are less likely to be pushed toward elite colleges. The pattern continues in jobs, where they are routinely passed over for similarly qualified white candidates; in housing, where they frequently are steered to less desirable neighborhoods; and in health care, where …
