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Gap in internet access fuels inequality among students worldwide


Ian Laird, Shaibalina Choudhury and DC Benincasa
University of Missouri/India Blooms
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Each year, students from the University of Missouri work with students from India on joint story projects that link their two countries. This year’s stories deal with how various industries are faring in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The project was overseen by Laura Ungar, an adjunct instructor at the University of Missouri and investigative and enterprise editor at The Courier Journal in Louisville, and journalist Sujoy Dhar, founder of the Indian news agency India Blooms, based in Kolkata, India.
Fourth grade teacher Autumn Case figures nearly three quarters of her students don’t have reliable access to broadband internet. So when school went remote during the pandemic, she had to give them packets full of course materials so they could do their schoolwork. ....

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