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New Prize Modeled on MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grants Hands Out $1 Million (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 10/14/2020 - 06:34Why Parents in This High-Performing School District Chose All-Remote Learning (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 10/14/2020 - 06:34Supreme Court Rules That Census Count Can Be Cut Short (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 10/14/2020 - 06:33Google Employees Are Free to Speak Up. Except on Antitrust. (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 10/13/2020 - 16:27On Facebook, Misinformation Is More Popular Now Than in 2016 (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 10/13/2020 - 14:54Auction Theorists Win the 2020 Nobel in Economics (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 10/13/2020 - 06:50The Digital Divide Starts With a Laptop Shortage
Millions of children are encountering all sorts of inconveniences that come with digital instruction during the coronavirus pandemic. But many students are facing a more basic challenge: They don’t have computers and can’t attend classes held online. A surge in worldwide demand by educators for low-cost laptops and Chromebooks — up to 41 percent higher than last year — has created monthslong shipment delays and pitted desperate schools against one another.
No Home, No Wi-Fi: Pandemic Adds to Strain on Poor College Students
Trapped between the financial hardships of the pandemic and the technological hurdles of online learning, the millions of low-income college students across America face mounting obstacles in their quests for higher education.