A DIGITAL DIVIDE HAUNTS SCHOOLS ADAPTING TO VIRUS HURDLES
When April Schneider’s children returned to
in-person classrooms this year, she thought
they were leaving behind the struggles from
more than a year of remote learning. No more
problems with borrowed tablets. No more days
of missed lessons because her kids couldn’t
connect to their virtual schooling.
But coronavirus cases in her children’s New
York City classrooms, and the subsequent
quarantines, sent her kids back to learning
from home. Without personal devices for each
child, Schneider said they were largely left to do
nothing while stuck at home.
“So there you go again, with no computer, and
you’re back to square one as if COVID just begun
all over again in a smaller form,” Schneider said.