'No Interruption': New Technology Gives Lincoln High School Students Fast, Reliable Internet Access
For KERA News Daija Showers, 15, is a virtual learner at Lincoln High School in South Dallas. She is among 50 students testing a new pilot program to provide free internet access to students in Dallas ISD. A pilot program allowed 50 students who live within two miles of the school to tap into an extended WiFi network for free, providing a connection that works better than mobile hotspots. The noisy renovations at the house next door aren’t getting in the way of 15-year-old Daija Showers’ schoolwork. Her eyes are glued to her laptop as she stares down her geometry work. “It’s kind o...