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Forbes: Why Online Learning Is Failing Millions Of Students
The digital divide between students who have access to technology and Internet access and those who don’t is not random, it’s a racial and class divide.
Read moreSF Chronicle: Closing California’s digital divide is an emergency
California must act to ensure that lack of internet access is no longer a barrier to economic and educational success. Political leaders must make it a priority to upgrade our current internet infrastructure and to increase competition among providers to lower costs. They must also ensure all internet providers market and offer affordable high-speed internet plans to low-income households.
Read moreGreenlining Report: “On the Wrong Side of the Digital Divide”
On the Wrong Side of the Digital Divide, largely based on interviews with residents of Fresno and Oakland, includes key data about California’s digital divide and recommendations for actions the state can take to quickly expand internet access.
Read moreRadio Bilingue: Spanish interview on digital divide
Latino households have disproportionately lacked access to home Internet and this divide is growing bigger now that more students need to be online for distance learning. In this episode, I talk about the publication “On the Wrong Side of the Digital Divide” and discuss policy recommendations.
Listen to the interviewLa Opinion: Family’s story in Spanish
For the past seven years, my family and eight other families have lived in an apartment building in Upland, California without an internet connection because the building lacks the necessary infrastructure.
Read the storySF Examiner: Extend the census deadline to protect public health
The 1918 pandemic derailed the census 100 years ago; we shouldn’t let that happen again.
Read moreCommon Dreams: Want Everyone Counted in the 2020 Census? Involve Young Adults
Although we still live under heightened political fear, our communities must be counted on the 2020 Census.
Read moreGreenlining Blog: 2020 Census and the Digital Divide
California’s digital divide remains a big issue given that next year’s Census will be digital for the first time. Many barriers already prevent an accurate census count among the 15 million Latinos who make up 39 percent of California’s population. This digitalization could result in an undercount of the Latino population, loss of resources, and investments needed for economic development in the next decade.
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