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There Aren’t Enough Laptops For Students To Participate In Remote Learning

Ashe Schow
There Aren’t Enough Laptops For Students To Participate In Remote Learning
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Schools are starting up again, with many districts instituting some sort of hybrid system where students are only in the classroom a few days a week and spend the other days learning remotely from home.

The problem is that not every student has access to a computer, a necessity for remote learning. Lenovo, HP, and Dell, the three largest computer companies, are facing a shortage of nearly 5 million laptops needed to make sure students in the United States can get an education, The Associated Press reported, placing some of the blame on President Donald Trump’s China sanctions.

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