The FCC should send Wi-Fi hotspots to schools to close the homework gap

Living with the coronavirus is going to reveal hard truths about the digital divide.

This is especially true for students, who are being told in record numbers to head online for education. It’s time for a nationwide plan to ensure they can all get there. Like so much else, the internet has changed education. The days when out-of-school learning required only paper and pencil are long gone. Today, students live their lives online and use internet-based resources for so much of modern education.

Still, not every child has broadband at home. In fact, statistics at the Federal Communications Commission suggest that one in three households has no broadband access.

Imagine being a child in one of those households. Nightly schoolwork is...

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