It Will Cost Billions to Close Education’s Digital Divide

As many of the nation’s pupils close in on a year of virtual remote learning, public policy analysts are highlighting the scope of the digital divide and ways in which policymakers can close it.

Boston Consulting Group, the education nonprofit Common Sense Media and the Southern Education Foundation released a detailed report last month titled “Looking Back, Looking Forward: What it will take to permanently close the K-12 digital divide” to examine the magnitude of the divide and potential solutions moving forward.