“Before the pandemic, it was called “the homework gap,” because of the growing number of teachers who assigned homework that required Internet access. Now, as the pandemic forces many schools to switch to remote learning, disconnected students will miss more than homework. They’ll miss all of school.” WaPo: As coronavirus forces many schools online this fall, millions of disconnected students are being left behind. (Like many of the problems being exposed during the pandemic, we’ve known about this one for years.)