Many library resources are particularly valued by those who are unemployed, retired, or searching for a job, as well as those living with a disability and internet users who
lack home internet access,» according to the report.
Teachers also know that many of their students
lack home internet access.
The U.S. Census Bureau reports that one out every four Americans
lacks home Internet access.
Not exact matches
That same rural / urban divide is evident in my
home state — Missouri — where as many as 60 % of rural residents
lack access to high - speed
Internet.
In a similar way, this Microsoft infographic seemed to suggest that simply having a
home computer with
Internet would fix billions of dollars of lost - earning potential due to nearly 10 million American students
lacking access to digital tools.
Ray Barker concludes: «BESA discovered that the key reasons for schools» failure to effectively implement learning platforms were
lack of guidance from local authorities, not enough training for teaching and support staff, and concerns over
access for pupils without a computer and
internet connection at
home.
If low - income students
lack access to computers at
home or to reliable
Internet access, flipping may be a nonstarter in some schools.
Students from low - income households, who
lack access to computers and the
Internet in the
home, need to acquire digital media practices in school.
More than a third of students in these schools
lack Internet access or devices at
home, making digital learning impossible outside the classroom.
Nationally, according to the Pew Research Center, some 5 million households with school - age children
lack high - speed
internet access at
home, and they are disproportionately low - income, black and Latino.
But many schools
lack up - to - date computers, fast
internet access and quality teacher training, compounding the tech disparities students face at
home.
The two issues cited most often were equity concerns about
lack of
Internet access at
home and the fear of teachers not wanting to go digital, including teachers not comfortable or effective with digital learning.
So we are left with the undeniable fact that the
lack of high speed
internet access negatively affects the value of a
home.
I know the availability of high speed
internet access, or
lack thereof, would affect my decision and the value of my offer if I were buying a
home and I suspect most readers of this blog would fall into the same category.