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Not All Philly Students Have Computers So School District Cancels Remote Learning
[THEGATEWAYPUNDIT] The Philadelphia School District canceled all remote learning for students while they are off from school because not all kids have access to a computer and high-speed internet.

So all online learning will be canceled.
Well, don't that sound egalitarianly reasonable.
The superintendent said, "If that’s not available to all children, we cannot make it available to some."
As is well known, Philthadelphia has no libraries, or as they're known on South Street "lah-berries."
TIME reported:

The Philadelphia School District will not offer remote instruction during the coronavirus
...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...
 shutdown, the superintendent announced Wednesday, citing equity concerns in a city where many students lack computers or high-speed internet at home.

School districts nationwide have been wrestling with the same issues as they explore ways to keep children engaged as classrooms are shuttered for weeks or longer.

In Philadelphia, where some teachers had been offering forms of optional remote instruction on their own, Superintendent William R. Hite Jr. said at a City Hall news conference that no students will be required to log on to a computer or submit assignments.

"If that’s not available to all children, we cannot make it available to some," Hite said.


Posted by: Fred 2020-03-22
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=566580