Students from some high schools in low-income areas of Los Angeles attended the recent Digital Media and Learning conference in San Francisco, where they called for policies to increase their access to technology in school. Many of the students described their frustration with current restrictive policies and a lack of adequate and up-to-date equipment, all of which they say are hampering their education and limiting their opportunities to compete against students from wealthier schools. “If our school has technology and equitable resources, our graduation rates and college attendance rates will increase,” a Morningside High student said. “This means we’ll have more prepared students for our democracy, and we’ll have more public conversations about equity.”
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