Educational inequality may widen as white students return to school and students of color learn from home
As a strange new school year booted up online last week in living rooms and kitchens across Chelsea, moms like Nery Martinez and Graciela Galdamez tried to believe that it was for the best. But it did not take long for doubt and worry to creep in.
At Martinez’s home on Wednesday, her 14-year-old son’s school-issued computer did not work, so he attended classes on his cellphone. Her 15-year-old daughter had a functioning computer — a gift from her grandmother, after her school computer failed — but she had to be coaxed to stay connected after she declared she wasn’t learning anything.
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