{
  "id": 16039,
  "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/schools-are-rethinking-whether-every-student-needs-a-laptop",
  "title": "Schools Are Rethinking Whether Every Student Needs a Laptop",
  "summary": "When the COVID-19 pandemic forced in-person classroom instruction to go virtual, students suddenly needed to have their own laptops or tablets in order to interact with teachers and complete assignments. Most states used federal pandemic funding to address the digital divide. This refers to the gap between students and families who had their own tablets, […]",
  "authors": "Janice Mak",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "children-education",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "us",
  "published_at": "2026-08-03T16:30:00.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-04T05:10:21.797Z",
  "source_slug": "x-the-74-education-ai",
  "source_name": "The 74 (education AI)",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.the74million.org",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16039",
  "original_url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/schools-are-rethinking-whether-every-student-needs-a-laptop",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}