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When the choice is internet or food, broadband policies aren't working CNET 3/8/2021 © Richard Bailey/Getty This week, 31-year-old Michelle from North Lanarkshire, Scotland, has access to the internet at home. But next week is already looking very different. Michelle's family has fallen behind with the broadband payments, and even though they managed to reconnect only last weekend, they'll be cut off again this Friday. Michelle (who prefers gender-neutral pronouns and whose name has been changed to protect their privacy), together with their partner and 13-year-old daughter, has been home...

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Closing schools has been one of the most painful consequences of the pandemic - the action Boris Johnson described as his "last resort". Charities have warned that it could wipe out a decade of progress closing the gap between less privileged pupils and their peers. New research from the Social Mobility Foundation (SMF) has found that half of students from disadvantaged backgrounds believe they won't get the grades they deserve after this year's examinations were scrapped. In a poll of 863 social mobility students - shared exclusively with Sophy Ridge on Sunday - 73% said they are worried abo...

Disadvantaged pupils offered free data in bid to tackle digital divide Joe Lepper Wednesday, January 6, 2021 The Department for Education is partnering with broadband providers to offer disadvantaged families free data to support home learning during the latest Covid-19 lockdown. It can cost families as much as £97 per day in data charges to carry out home learning, new research shows. Picture: Adobe Stock Register now to continue reading Thank you for visiting Children & Young People Now and making use of our archive of more than 60,000 e...

Los Angeles will soon have an ‘innovation zone’ for testing mobility products This article was originally published by Christopher Carey on Cities Today, the leading news platform on urban mobility and innovation, reaching an international audience of city leaders. For the latest updates follow Cities Today on YouTube, or sign up for Cities Today News. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has announced the creation of the city’s first Transportation Technology Innovation Zone – an area where private sector firms can test their transportation technology solutions. Design...