Education

Education: 'All Public-School Students Will Learn From Home Whether They Have Technology or Not'

The Department of Education said Wednesday that "all public-school students will learn from home on Mon., Sept. 14, whether they have technology or not." But the department did not respond to a request for clarification when asked how it would engage students virtually if these students did not have the requisite equipment to do so. The department was responding to concerns brought to its attention by this publication of parents being turned away at equipment collection centers after being told that laptops had ran out. Cynthia Graham, D.O.E.'s director of public relations, said, "All public-school students will learn from home on Mon., Sept. 14, whether they have technology or not. Schools and teachers are prepared to engage all students in academics." Ms. Graham said many parents did not receive laptops on Wednesday because of the parents' failure to fill out a form. "Many parents may not have received laptops today because it was a requirement to fill out a Home Technology Use For...