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2020.04.22 05:27 GMT+8

Digital divide in U.S. hampers online teaching

Updated 2020.04.22 05:27 GMT+8
Giles Gibson

Schools in the U.S. are closed to stop the spread of COVID-19. Millions of American kids are learning online instead.

But more than 20 million people in the U.S. don't have any internet access. Only two-thirds of Americans in rural areas have a broadband connection.

And it's that "digital divide" that has educators and parents worried.

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