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In this Thursday, March 26, 2020, photo, Terrell Bell, wearing a protective face mask, looks at a learning guide he picked up for his little sister at John H. Webster Elementary School in Philadelphia. Only about half of the district’s high school students have a laptop or tablet and home internet service. As schools now appear likely to be closed due to the coronavirus outbreak for longer than anticipated, the district plans to buy 50,000 Chromebooks and begin online instruction by mid-April. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

In this Thursday, March 26, 2020, photo, Terrell Bell, wearing a protective face mask, looks at a learning guide he picked up for his little sister at John H. Webster Elementary School in Philadelphia. Only about half of the district’s high school students have a laptop or tablet and home internet service. As schools now appear likely to be closed due to the coronavirus outbreak for longer than anticipated, the district plans to buy 50,000 Chromebooks and begin online i…

March 30, 2020

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School shutdowns raise stakes of digital divide for students
March 30, 2020 9:17 a.m.

School shutdowns raise stakes of digital divide for students

WINNSBORO, S.C. (AP) — Students struggling to get online in a rural South Carolina county received a boost last week with the arrival of six buses equipped with Wi-Fi, some of the hundreds the state has rolled out since schools were closed by the coronavirus outbreak.