Bridging the Digital Divide in Education Through the Every Student Succeeds Act
The disparate allocation of education resources along racial and class lines is a disturbing part of the United States’ history—and its present. A 2019 study found that predominantly nonwhite school districts receive $23 billion less than predominantly white districts, even though they serve the same number of children.1 Other studies have found that schools with more low-income and minority students receive fewer educational resources than higher-income, predominantly white schools within the same district.2 These funding disparities manifest in “unequal distribution of teachers” and “dramatic differences in courses, curriculum materials, and equipment.”3
Celia Calano
Associate at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP. Georgetown University Law Center, J.D. 2021.