Addressing the Homework Gap for Children of Color During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Conversation with FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel

In this episode, we join Jessica Rosenworcel , a commissioner on the Federal Communications Commission and one of the nation's leading advocates for closing the "homework gap," a particularly cruel part of the digital divide that prevents 12 million children from having access to broadband at home. More than half of the nation's public-school children – 27 million -- are children of color. The COVID-19 pandemic, which has caused the closures of schools for more than 40 million kids nationwide, highlights the risk that children of color will not have access to classroom instruction during these extended school closures. Commissioner Rosenworcel discusses the response of companies to the pandemic and makes suggestions for policy and legislative responses to the crisis. The host for this episode is Clint Odom, NUL Senior Vice President of Policy & Advocacy. From the National Urban League, For The Movement discusses persistent policy, social, and civil rights issues affecting communities of color. Discussed in this episode: National Urban League ACT African American AT&T Backhaul Black Black America Black Girls Code Broadband African American Carla Hayden Children of Color Charter Comcast Computers Congress Coronavirus COVID-19 Data Caps Digital Divide Digital Economy Digital Equity Digital Infrastructure Diversity Emergency Power eRate FCC FCC Open Meeting Homework Gap Internet Kimberly Bryant Last Mile Library of Congress Life in the Age of Coronavirus Low Income Marc Morial Media Mobile Hot Spots National Plan Networks Online Pandemic President Trump Remote Learning Environments Rural School Work SAT Senators Stimulus Title I T-Mobile Teachers Telecommunications Act of 1996 Verizon Video Virtual Private Networks WiFi Wi-FI Routers Contact and Follow: Web: Email: podcast@nul.org Twitter: Jessica Rosenworcel: Jessica.Rosenworcel@fcc.gov Twitter: @JRosenworcel Google Policy on Twitter: @googlepubpolicy @mschanellep Marc's Twitter: @MarcMorial Clint's Twitter: @ClintEOdom Toni's Twitter: @ToniWiley_1789

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Addressing the Homework Gap for Children of Color During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Conversation with FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel is an episode from For The Movement by National Urban League.

This episode is 23:23 long.

This episode was published on Mar 24, 2020.

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