Published March 1, 2021 at 4:54 PM EST Listen • 49:00 / Virtual learning is exacerbating the inequities in public education. One explanation is unequal access to internet and devices. Note: In this special edition of The Sunshine Economy, WLRN reports on how the PTA at a public school in a gentrifying neighborhood has tried to help the school's poorest families survive — as the fundraising organization faces its own existential threat. Read that full story soon at classofcovid.org. Plus, click here to sign up for our limited-run newsletter. A year ago almost to the day, Philip Preddy walked into the school where he had been an assistant principal for a decade and found elementary students lining the hallway to greet him.