Students who require special education found it difficult to progress through the curriculum without tools and support that they require. Polling suggests that schools that serve a majority of students of color are far less likely to have access to the technology needed for remote learning. Only 66% of Black households in the U.S. had home broadband service in 2019. Only 45% of Black Americans owned a desktop or laptop computer in 2015.
Historians cite that formal education was mandatory for everyone regardless of social class and gender. Higher education, also called tertiary, third stage, or postsecondary education, is the …
