Unequal education: Pandemic widens race, class gaps in U.S. schools

FILE PHOTO: York Suburban High School, in the York Suburban school district, has signs on its windows that promote mask wearing and social distancing, in York, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 18, 2020. REUTERS/Rachel Wisniewski

YORK, Pa. (Reuters) - Natalie Cruz, 12, missed math and language arts instruction one recent morning because the school's virtual interface would not load. Carlos, her 8-year-old brother, sat beside her at the kitchen table, studying with last year's workbooks because the district had yet to supply him with a PC, weeks after instruction started online.

Across town, Zachary and Zeno Lentz, 5 and 9, were at their high-performing elementary schools, where they attend in-person on Tuesdays and Fridays. They learn remotely the other three days, assisted by their college-educated mother, a social worker who can do her job from home.