Education Policy, Business and Technology

Needed Now: Federal Help for Students’ Disrupted Lives

Governing: Across our country, public-school students' lives and school years continue to be disrupted by COVID-19. With schools shut down or operating at reduced capacity, too many students have lost access to services and supports provided during the school day, such as high-speed Internet and counseling.

As students and families continue to endure the pandemic, we need federal leadership to attend to widening gaps in students' access to broadband, technology and mental health care to ensure that they are able to learn now and into the future. The nation's children and youth need Congress and the president to be part of the solution by committing to provide financial support to address these essential services. There is little time to waste, as we see reports of gaps widening most for low-income students.

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