{"id":32627,"date":"2020-04-02T16:36:13","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T21:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/?p=32627"},"modified":"2020-04-02T17:33:28","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T22:33:28","slug":"at-least-167000-students-lack-home-internet-access-as-state-ramps-up-distance-learning-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/2020\/04\/02\/at-least-167000-students-lack-home-internet-access-as-state-ramps-up-distance-learning-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 167,000 students lack home internet access as state ramps up distance learning plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

With schools shuttered due to COVID-19, many Oklahoma school districts are pivoting to the internet for instruction.<\/span><\/p>

More than 80 percent of the 546 districts that filled out the survey say they have access to online learning platforms that students can use at home.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

But at least 167,000 of Oklahoma\u2019s 700,000 students don\u2019t have home internet access.<\/span><\/p>

The numbers were revealed by a survey sent out by the State Department of Education as Oklahoma prepped for distance learning during school closures.<\/span><\/p>

PDF copy of survey results<\/a><\/p>\n