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Around the world, teachers, parents and students are trying to figure out what school looks like without classrooms. For those who’ve spent years advocating for different ways to learn, that might sound like a dream. But there’s a real math problem: Far too many children and college students lack the equipment and technology they need to get online.

Reporter Meredith Kolodner explores this digital divide ([link removed]) at the college level. And in his debut story, our new Western reporter, Neal Morton ([link removed]) , brings us a reality check ([link removed]) from a school district near Seattle. It was among the first to shut down amid the coronavirus and attempt virtual learning at a time when an estimated 55.1 million kids are out of school. What is all this going to mean for teacher retirements? ([link removed]) Columnist Andre Perry gives us a few lessons from Hurricane Katrina. As always, we love hearing from readers about how your
schools are handling the upheaval.

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** Should schools teach anyone who can get online – or no one at all? ([link removed])
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Schools across the U.S. have closed due to coronavirus. But efforts to expand e-learning raise thorny questions about digital equity and access: If schools can’t teach all students, should they be teaching any at all?
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** How do you manage college online — quarantined with eight people? ([link removed])
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Forced to study from home, low-income students are hampered by cramped quarters, spotty internet and job losses for themselves and family members.



** Teachers could retire in droves by the time schools reopen ([link removed])
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The disruptions after Hurricane Katrina sparked a major exodus of experienced teachers. Could the same happen to schools nationwide after the coronavirus pandemic?



** When elite college prep lowers your grade ([link removed])
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A newly published French study of one of that country’s most elite college prep programs for disadvantaged youth concluded that it harmed half the high school students who participated and left them worse off.



** What’s lost, gained with online internships ([link removed])
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With online internships, human interaction is curtailed, but the flexibility to work where and when possible may help students who have to work or care for family members.



** College in the time of coronavirus ([link removed])
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A conversation with Hechinger Report higher education editor Jon Marcus on how learning and the college experience are changing, and what’s yet to come.

Solutions
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