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COVID-19 and Virtual School: The coming criminalization of lacking broadband in the United States
Positioned between major pressure points of the increasing infection rate in the majority of the US and the memory of virtual school they experienced in the spring, parents in the United States feel conflicted about the coming 2020-2021 school year. On one side of the...
Digital Inequalities and Homework Gap in Austin, Texas
As schools rely more and more on digital tools for teaching and learning, concerns over universal access to broadband Internet and computers start to emerge. The homework gap refers to the challenges school-age children experience completing their homework due to lack...
Report: Digital Inclusion in Austin
A team of researchers under the supervision of professors Joseph Straubhaar and Sharon Strover conducted the Austin Digital Assessment Survey for the City of Austin to assess internet usage in Austin. The team sent 11,000 surveys to random Austin addresses and...