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State efforts to close the K-12 digital divide may come up short

  • Written by Stephanie Holcomb, Ph.D. Student in Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University
imageStudents and teachers alike struggle with digital connectivity – but education is just one area in which technology matters.AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh

In 2021, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced that education officials in his state had “closed” the digital divide by ensuring that every public school student had a laptop or tablet and...

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