Survey Finds 85% of Underserved Students Have Access To Only One Digital Device (educationdive.com)

Posted by msmash on Sunday September 16, 2018 @07:00AM from the digital-divide dept.

A new research [PDF] on students who took the ACT test, conducted by the ACT Center for Equity in Learning, found that 85% of underserved (meaning low income, minority, or first generation in college) students had access to only one device at home, most often a smartphone. From a blog post: American Indian/Alaskan, Hispanic/Latino, and African American students had the least access. White and Asian students had the most. Nearly a quarter of students who reported that family income was less that $36,000 a year had access to only a single device at home, a 19% gap compared to students whose family income was more than $100,000.

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Re:Only one device? by jonsmirl · 2018-09-16 07:23 · Score: 4, Interesting

Comcast will sell you 15Mb Internet for $10/mth and a brand new computer for $150.
https://www.internetessentials...
The US is littered with used computers. Just ask around and you will find some spare ones and can avoid the $150.