With many U.S. schools in distance-learning mode due to COVID-19, Comcast has announced a newly expanded program aiming to get low-income students online. The Internet Essentials Partnership Progra…
The Internet Essentials Partnership Program, which began as a response to the pandemic in the spring, is aimed at helping kindergarten through 12th grade students connect to the internet from home. Since 2011, Comcast’s Internet Essentials offering has offered internet access for $9.95 a month. The company says it is the nation’s top low-income internet adoption program, with millions of connections to date.
Government officials and advocacy groups have identified the so-called “homework gap” in recent years, with a 2017 study finding that 12 million children lacked adequate internet access. With state and municipal budgets facing intense pressure due to the pandemic, their ability to fund broadband is far from a sure thing.
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