There is nothing new about the need to support education for lowest income families. Schooling is seen everywhere as the ticket out of poverty. Alas, in the US three out of four families or individuals who need housing cannot receive desperately needed support from the nation’s rental voucher program to pay for a roof overhead. Extra funding to help poor children succeed in the education system is a pipe dream.
Homework is a recognized requirement for successful schooling, one which pandemic-triggered school closures has profoundly amplified. Much of the concern about how disadvantaged children will manage to keep up has revolved around computers and broadband internet access.
But in Decatur, Georgia, volunteers have found a totally low-tech way to help struggling students in resource-poor households. Read more at AJC: Decatur group builds hundreds of desks for students learning at home
