As schools from Seattle to New York City shift classes online in response to the coronavirus threat, millions of students are caught in what’s known as a “homework gap,” because they are unable to access to their new online classrooms due to a no or poor internet connection, according to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
The “homework gap” is a term that refers to barriers students face when they work on school assignments without a reliable internet connection at home. According to an FCC report (pdf) from late February, as many as 12 million children from rural, urban, and suburban communities across the United States experience homework gap because they live in households that lack broadband access.
