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US Laptop Shortage Could Derail Remote Learning:
As students and teachers prepare for a return to in-person learning for at least some of the time this fall, many of the nation's schools are facing shortages and delays for laptops and tablets needed for online learning, an Associated Press investigation revealed.
Lenovo, HP and Dell, the nation's largest computer companies, have informed school districts that they are short nearly five million laptops.
[...] Last month, at the request of President Donald Trump, the U.S. Department of Commerce imposed sanctions on 11 Chinese companies, including Lenovo, AP reported. School administrators have asked the Trump administration to devise a solution because remote learning without laptops is impossible.
Lenovo has informed school districts of the supply chain delays and the trade controls set by the Commerce Department, which would cause another slowdown. Lenovo declined to respond to an inquiry from AP.
Have any Soylentils run into this?
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by Tokolosh on Sunday August 30 2020, @03:03PM (3 children)
I' keep wondering what they are doing to help themselves?
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Rosco P. Coltrane on Sunday August 30 2020, @03:14PM
Don't be callous. Many poor people are not in a position to help themselves, even when they're willing and in good enough health to give it a try.
But education is meant to give these people's kids opportunities, and a way out of poverty. If education is less accessible to the poor, that chance is taken away from them.
(Score: 4, Touché) by JoeMerchant on Sunday August 30 2020, @04:42PM
>what they are doing to help themselves?
Attending school, for one thing.
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(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 30 2020, @06:46PM
Voting Democrat.