WARC (May 29)
“The digital revolution in India is creating a level playing field for Indians across class and gender divisions, as financial services become more accessible because of the country’s digital footprint, lower data costs, and the rise in online payments.” Not only is digital transformation leading to “positive change throughout the financial system,” it is providing “strong impetus for social betterment and inclusiveness.”
Tags: Accessible, Class, Data costs, Digital revolution, Financial services, Gender, Inclusiveness, India, Online payments, Positive change, Social betterment
Chicago Tribune (May 11)
“COVID-19 vaccines finally are headed for more kids as U.S. regulators Monday expanded use of Pfizer’s shot to those as young as 12, sparking a race to protect middle and high school students before they head back to class in the fall.”
Tags: 12, Class, COVID-19, Expanded use, High school, Kids, Middle school, Pfizer, Protect, Race, Regulators, Students, U.S., Vaccines
USA Today (June 30)
“Like it or not, remote instruction and virtual learning are likely to continue for millions of children this fall. That’s because most districts can’t observe physical distancing with all students attending class together in-person.” Some districts will utilize “hybrid learning schedules in which students attend school on alternating days or weeks and learn from home on the other days, on a computer when feasible.”
Tags: Class, Districts, Hybrid learning, In-person, Physical distancing, Remote instruction, Students, Virtual learning
New York Times (April 27)
“For years now, people have been talking about the insulated world of the top 1 percent of Americans, but the top 20 percent of the income distribution is also steadily separating itself—by geography and by education as well as by income.” Their isolation from the lower 80 percent “is changing the American social order and the American political system, creating a self-perpetuating class at the top, which is ever more difficult to break into.”
Tags: Class, Education, Geography, Income distribution, Political system, Self-perpetuating, Social order, U.S.
