Disconnected: Internet Stops Once School Ends for Many Rural California Students [edsource.org]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 12/9/197:00 AM

By Sydney Johnson, EdSource, December 6, 2019

Walk into any classroom in Alpaugh Unified and you will see teaching and learning using the latest technology. Students collaborate on digital documents, give presentations on interactive whiteboards, conduct research and even apply to colleges on Chromebooks.

But for many students in Alpaugh, a small rural town about an hour north of Bakersfield in Tulare County, that online connection stops once the school day ends.

“We have a disadvantage because of the lack of technology,” said Alpaugh High School principal Nancy Ruble. “Not here at school, but in the community.”

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