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Virtual learning is part of an increasing number of fall reopening plans, and districts are facing pressure to improve after many students got left behind this spring

The City of Hartford has announced that it plans to build a system that gives every resident access to free, high-speed internet within the next year. Mayor Luke Bronin said the city will be installing nearly 1,000 wireless access points that will provide very fast internet service to a significant amount of residents and businesses. At minimum, he said there…

The City of Hartford has announced that it plans to build a system that gives every resident access to free, high-speed internet within the next year.

: The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities announced on Monday its new partnership with Dalio Education to help decrease the digital divide in the state.

Many have reached out to NBC Connecticut to express their opinions about the state’s plan to return students to school this fall.

Cheshire is adding cameras and microphones to classrooms to help students who choose to distance learn this fall.

The entire process of transitioning to distance learning has been tough on students, their teachers and their families. If and when the technology did work properly, there was some success some of the time.

NBC CT investigates the cost of remote learning

Hartford education leaders and parents came together Tuesday to talk about an issue of growing significance during the pandemic – the homework gap and students learning remotely struggling to keep up because of the absence of internet and technology at home. It’s an issue leaders say must be addressed as children prepare to head back to school in this uncertain…

Some students learning remotely are struggling to keep up because of the absence of internet and technology at home.

This week, Hamden Public Schools released its first draft of the district’s reopening plan. The draft is serving as an outline for what schools could look like in the fall. The plan includes rolling back on the number of days that students are required in school. Elementary students would shift to a four-day school week for five and a...

Monday marked the start of more than 60,000 laptops being delivered to school districts around the state. The donations are being made by Gov. Ned Lamont’s Learning From Home Task Force and the Partnership for Connecticut. Both sides came together to provide the laptops for students in districts who are in great need of connectivity. “We were coming close to…

Students in New Britain will benefit from 60,000 brand new laptops to help students who don’t have access to technology

Some school districts around the United States are calling an early end to the school year and pulling the plug on distance learning

“It’s very difficult.  It’s very very difficult,” said Maria Martinez of New Britain. Martinez’s 11-year-old daughter Isabella is in fifth grade.  Martinez said she’s hit her homeschooling limit. “Can they just pass all the kids already?” she asked. Martinez said that Isabella had about two weeks-worth of work to catch up on because her family didn’t have internet in...

Some school districts say they continue to struggle to get students connected and engaged in distance learning

The governor announced Tuesday that in person classes would be canceled for the rest of the year because of the coronavirus pandemic. Educators, parents and students all reacted to the decision

While online learning has become standard at Connecticut schools, not all students have internet access. In New Britain about 1,000 students do not, at least not yet. “We’re gonna find a way to solve this for our families, it’s that important,” said Nancy Sarra, New Britain superintendent of schools. Since closing schools in March, devices have been distributed to...