The digital divide at home: EdTech's last unsolved problem
Government investment in school connectivity continues. At home, the gap between what children in well-resourced households can access and what those in digital poverty can access remains wide and largely unaddressed.
By Wistl Editorial · · At Home
The government's commitment of £325 million to school connectivity through to 2029 to 2030 is intended to narrow the digital divide in schools. Every school receiving a reliable, fast internet connection reduces the disparity between pupils whose schools have good infrastructure and those whose do not. It does not address what happens when those pupils go home. Home connectivity in the UK is uneven in ways that closely track socioeconomic inequality. Ofcom's annual connectivity report consistently finds that households on low incomes are more likely to have no fixed broadband connection, more