Digital divide: How Covid-19 is deepening inequality in education A two-tier system is emerging with affluent schools more likely to have better learning platforms Tue, Jan 19, 2021, 00:00 Updated: Tue, Jan 19, 2021, 11:00 Peter McGuire Laura McCarthy at her home in Ballivor, Co Meath, with her family James, Robyn and Peter and dog, Chad. Photograph: Alan Betson Fee-paying schools are more likely to have better learning platforms, a recent report highlighted. Photograph: iStock Previous Image
The pandemic has slammed school doors shut for the second time in less than a year. In general, teachers and students are better prepared than they were back in March 2020, when schools across the world scrambled to develop remote learning systems.