Katrina Schwartz

Income disparity in schools can be addressed by bringing their own devices, according to Michael Mills, assistant professor of teaching and learning at University of Central Arkansas, who trains in-service teachers and works in a seventh-grade classroom.

Mills is not bothered by students bringing a variety of types of devices, with varying levels of computing powers. It shouldn’t matter if students are working in groups and sharing their devices.

“We need to make sure students have individual tasks asked of them within each group,” Mills said. “The beauty of that is the kids don’t all have to have the same device.”