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When mobile-only internet access limits educational potential

My teenage son has to do homework on his phone because we cannot afford a computer and I watch him struggle with assignments designed for bigger screens.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Device limitations can create artificial ceilings on academic achievement regardless of student ability.

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