I was excited to hear the news about the F.C.C.’s (Federal Communications Commission) effort to expand Internet access across the country. During my Peace Corps service, I did a lot of work to close the digital divide in Panama, so I’m very familiar with the opportunities that access to technology can offer. Two students can have the same level of intelligence, but their opportunities can vary greatly if one has access to a computer and the other doesn’t. In fact, a less intelligent student with knowledge of how to use a computer would likely have more opportunities than a more intelligent one with no ...read more


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