“Michigan Moonshot” Seeks to Reduce Rural Academic Disparity by Expanding Broadband Access

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“Michigan Moonshot” Seeks to Reduce Rural Academic Disparity by Expanding Broadband Access

More than 380,000 Michigan households with K-12 students lack access to broadband internet.

That’s according to Pierrette Widmeyer, director of communications for the Ann Arbor nonprofit Merit Network, which is partnering on a new initiative to address the academic achievement gap between students with home internet access and those without.

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