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Survey shows big remote learning gaps for low-income and special needs children

from NPR

Survey shows big remote learning gaps for low-income and special needs children NPR Four out of 10 of the poorest U.S. students are accessing remote learning as little as once a week or less, according to a new survey from ParentsTogether, an advocacy group. By contrast, for families making more than $100,000 a year, 83% of kids are doing distance learning every day, with the majority engaged over 2 hours a day, the survey found. The nation's schools shut down in-person learning in mid-March, and only a few states, including Colorado, Montana and Wyoming, have experimented with opening classroom doors since then. READ MORE

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