[LINK] Bridging a Digital Divide That Leaves Schoolchildren Behind

[David Boxall]

As our politicians play silly-buggers, Australian student suffer.

Meanwhile, in the US of A:
<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/23/technology/fcc-internet-access-school.html>
> ... seven in 10 teachers now assign homework that requires web access. 
> Yet one-third of kindergartners through 12th graders in the United 
> States, from low-income and rural households, are unable to go online 
> from home.

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