‘Providing Access To Computers To Marginalized Students Is A Game Changer’, PPS Supt. Says As District Works To Get Technology To Students

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The 23,000 students in Pittsburgh Public Schools are all doing remote learning for the first time this week, but about half of them don’t have access to a computer at home.
Without a classroom, the computer is now the connection between student and teacher as kids do school at home.
Superintendent Dr. Anthony Hamlet says that is their biggest challenge. “The problem was, all of our students did not have devices or access, that was the biggest issue. And so t