One week remains until the deadline for federal grants that would make equitable speeds affordable.
An empty classroom at Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé in Juneau, Alaska, on July 20, 2022.
Supporters say the increase is critical for rural schools where the cost of internet is high, and lack of internet is a barrier to an equitable education for students. “We know there’s a deadline; we know it’s important. We’re addressing that. In what form it comes to the floor, how it comes to the floor: Those are the discussions that are happening in the next three, four days,” he said.
“They can choose whatever level they want, but the question for schools will be ‘Is it funded?’ That’s up in the air,” O’Connor said. “Even then sometimes the test kicks students out. Imagine taking a standardized test, and the screen goes blank and then someone from the district office tells you that you have to start over … four times. How well do you think you would perform?” she said. “How accurate is our data, really? What does that do to the confidence of that student, when those results come back however many months later? All because of something that is absolutely controllable.
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