Homework Gap Is Real, Say Pew, FCC's Rosenworcel
Pew Center analysis of 2015 U.S. Census Bureau data found 15 percent of U.S. households with school-age children don’t have a high-speed internet connection at home. The center also found some teens “are more likely to face digital hurdles when…
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trying to complete their homework.” About a third of households with children ages 6-17 and annual income below $30,000 don’t have a connection at home, compared with 6 percent of such households earning $75,000 or more, Pew said Friday. The disparities “are particularly pronounced for black and Hispanic households with school-age children -- especially those with low household incomes,” Pew said. The numbers “should be a wake-up call,” said FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel. “Nearly one-in-five teens cannot complete their homework because of the Homework Gap, and impoverished and minority students are hit especially hard.”