This post is sponsored by Comcast Throughout the COVID-19 lockdown and still today, technology has helped us transition to more virtual environments and stay connected to school, work, and each other. We rely on our laptops and the internet to help us find new jobs as we re-evaluate life’s priorities, stay healthy through telehealth visits,…
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Internet Haves & Have Nots: How 4 Cable Companies Bridge the Digital Divide with Low-Cost Internet to Families
62 years ago on Tuesday, the Supreme Court declared that segregated schools are “inherently unequal” and unconstitutional in their ruling in Brown v. Board of Education and while it may seem that we have come a long way from schools that separated black students from white, there are still disparities in our education system and…
Comcast Club Tech Aims to Reduce Digital Divide
I always applaud companies that I work with when they support science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) in our local schools. It’s important that a new generation of learners are exposed to these topics and develop a lifelong love of STEM subjects in order to seek higher education and pursue careers in these fields. I…
Comcast Internet Essentials Provides Internet Access to Low Income Families
During my Scholastic Facebook chat, a question about making technology accessible to low income families was asked by one of the participants. During the Clinton administration there was a lot of talk about the digital divide and the haves and have nots in terms of technology accessibility. While the conversation has waned, the digital divide…
