If folks haven't seen this 4-pager from the Quello Center at Michigan State Univeristy, it's quite good. Vivid illustration of how K-12 students who have smart-phone only internet access are hurt academically <http://quello.msu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Quello-Center-Policy-Brief-01-20.pdf> compared to those who have home broadband. My guess is that most if not all of these findings would also apply to adult learners. -- *Amanda Bergson-Shilcock*, Senior Fellow *National Skills Coalition* Pronouns: she/her/hers 1250 Connecticut Ave, NW Suite 200 Washington, D.C. 20036 215-285-2860 (mobile) *www.nationalskillscoalition.org <http://www.nationalskillscoalition.org/>* [image: GuideStar Member]

Hello Amanda, Thanks for sending this very timely information along to us. I just forwarded it to my local legislators, our Commissioner of Education (a personal friend), our Maine Adult Education Association Executive Director and our State Director of Adult Education. It is a very real challenge for our rural state, as it is for many parts of our country. Be well, Tom Note: Windham Raymond Adult Education on-site activities are suspended in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We are reaching out to our active students to make plans to continue working from a distance and many of our activities have gone on-line. We will be posting updates on our website www.windham.maineadulted.org<http://www.ellsworth.maineadulted.org/> If you have any questions, don't hesitate to call (leave a message and we'll call you right back), text or email. As much as we'd love to see you in person, we can't do that right now. Our space is not open at this time. Thomas Nash, Director Windham/Raymond Adult Education 406 Gray Road Windham, ME 04062 (207) 892-1819 (Please leave a voice mail) (207) 632-0633 (For text messages) www.windham.maineadulted.org<http://www.windham.maineadulted.org> The information transmitted herein is intended only for the person or entity to which, it is addressed and may contain confidential material. Any review, re-transmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and any attachments from any computer. ________________________________ From: Members <members-bounces@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org> on behalf of Amanda Bergson-Shilcock <amandabs@nationalskillscoalition.org> Sent: Monday, April 13, 2020 3:33 PM To: members@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org <members@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org> Subject: [NCL Members] Vivid illustration of how lack of home broadband hurts learning If folks haven't seen this 4-pager from the Quello Center at Michigan State Univeristy, it's quite good. Vivid illustration of how K-12 students who have smart-phone only internet access are hurt academically<http://quello.msu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Quello-Center-Policy-Brief-01-20.pdf> compared to those who have home broadband. My guess is that most if not all of these findings would also apply to adult learners. -- Amanda Bergson-Shilcock, Senior Fellow National Skills Coalition Pronouns: she/her/hers 1250 Connecticut Ave, NW Suite 200 Washington, D.C. 20036 215-285-2860 (mobile) www.nationalskillscoalition.org<http://www.nationalskillscoalition.org/> [GuideStar Member] ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com ______________________________________________________________________