Posted on May 4, 2020
Navajo Families Without Internet Struggle To Home-School During COVID-19 Pandemic
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Monument Valley, Utah, is the desert backdrop for many famous old Western movies. And even today, kids in the valley are doing their homework the way they did in the 1950s: offline.
"There's a lot of kids that don't have even electricity at home," said Spencer Singer, principal at Monument Valley High School. "You know, for all intents and purposes we operate in a third world-type situation."
Singer said his teachers have tried to provide work that doesn't require Internet or a computer since schools in San Juan County, Utah, closed on March 16. But as the COVID-19 infection rate on the Navajo Nation climbs — surpassing that of all but two U.S. states — schools in the district have stopped taking back paper assignments, pushing more teachers to assign work online.
"There's a lot of kids that don't have even electricity at home," said Spencer Singer, principal at Monument Valley High School. "You know, for all intents and purposes we operate in a third world-type situation."
Singer said his teachers have tried to provide work that doesn't require Internet or a computer since schools in San Juan County, Utah, closed on March 16. But as the COVID-19 infection rate on the Navajo Nation climbs — surpassing that of all but two U.S. states — schools in the district have stopped taking back paper assignments, pushing more teachers to assign work online.
Navajo Families Without Internet Struggle To Home-School During COVID-19 Pandemic
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That is just one of their major problems. About 30 percent do not have access to reliable, clean drinking water and roughly 40 percent lack running water in their homes. So, how do they wash their hands a dozen times a day? They can not.
Oh, by the way folks,, THIS IS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA?
Shame.
Oh, by the way folks,, THIS IS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA?
Shame.
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