In rural schools, teachers prepare for the unexpected

by ANNIKA MERRILEES, Missourian

Teachers need backup plans for instruction in case technology fails them, classrooms can’t take advantage of modern teaching tools and online state testing sessions for one class require that the entire rest of the school stay offline. Fatima has poor broadband, and the school district has been trying for years to change that. “Our biggest hurdle is the bandwidth,” said Sharon Breese, Fatima High School’s librarian. If a lot of people are online at once, “we’ll hit our max, and everybody kind of just slows down,” Breese said.

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