Lack of Broadband Leaves Students Behind
Friday, March 6, 2020
March 2020
March 2-6, 2020
March 2-6, 2020
Weekly Digest
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Coronavirus Bill Lifts Some Restrictions on Telehealth, Allows for Broadband-Delivered House Calls to Medicare Recipients (Multichannel News)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 03/06/2020 - 11:25Young women often face sexual harassment online – including on dating sites and apps (Pew Research Center)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 03/06/2020 - 11:24With 290 million kids out of school, coronavirus is putting online learning to the test (Quartz)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 03/06/2020 - 11:23‘Can everyone mute?’ Coronavirus means we must telecommute. We’re not ready (Los Angeles Times)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 03/06/2020 - 11:20Do Consumers Understand Google Results?
A federal appeals court grappled March 5 with whether average consumers know the difference between the ads and the organic search results that appear on Google. Arguing before the US Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1-800 Contacts — which is seeking to reverse a Federal Trade Commission decision that its trademark agreements violated antitrust law — contended that they don’t understand.
Lack of Broadband Leaves Students Behind
Michigan State University's Quello Center reported this week that middle and high school students with high-speed Internet access at home have more digital skills, higher grades, and perform better on standardized tests, such as the SAT. Regardless of socioeconomic status, students who cannot access the Internet from home or are dependent on a cell phone for Internet access do worse in school and are less likely to attend college or university. The deficit in digital skills contributes to lower student interest in careers related to science, technology, engineering, and math.
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