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Millions of Students Are Still Without WiFi and Tech—Why Haven’t Policymakers Stepped Up?

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One example is New Jersey, where schools and districts were required to submit to the state “a survey weekly of how many students lacked devices and/or WiFi,” according to Erica Hartman, Director of Technology Integration at New Jersey’s Morris School District. Jennifer E. Federally, mandates do exist for schools and districts.

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The SLIDE Study: A chat with Deb Kachel (Part 2)

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For example, one of the things that we learned was that the majority of Hispanic school districts are twice as likely not to have school libraries as the majority non-Hispanic districts. This is a piece of hard data relating to equity. Districts are also eliminating library clericals and paraprofessionals at alarming rates.

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