Name: In age of remote learning, students and families face more problems than NC's digital divide
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Description: Dr. Kori Flowers, a pediatrician at the UNC School of Medicine, and Mary Penny Kelley, executive director of Hometown Strong, an initiative providing resources to rural counties, discuss efforts to get computers and Wi-Fi to students who don't have it as more schools move to online instruction during the pandemic.

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>> A DIFFICULT TIME FOR A LOT OF FAMILIES. >>> IT IS A DOMINO EFFECT. AS MORE SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHIFT TO ONLINE LEARNING, THE DIGITAL DIVIDE COULD CREATE ANOTHER SET OF CHAMA JUST -- CHALLENGES FOR PARENTS, COMMUNITY LEADERS, AND HEALTH OFFICIALS. JOINING ME TONIGHT ARE TWO EXPERTS OFFERING SOLUTIONS, INSIGHT YOU WILL SEE ONLY ON WRAL. DOCTOR McCOURY FLOWERS A PEDIATRICIAN AT UNC SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF AN INITIATIVE PROVIDING RESOURCES TO RURAL COUNTIES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. THE FIRST QUESTION IS FOR YOU MRS. KELLY, ARE THERE PROGRAMS TO SERVE FAMILIES LACKING THE DIGITAL RESOURCES NEEDED TO LEARN? >> YES. WE ARE WORKING WITH A LOT OF SUPERINTENDENTS TO TALK THROUGH WHAT THEIR ISSUES ARE, TO CUSTOMIZE IT FOR THEIR AREA. IN RURAL AREAS YOU DON'T HAVE THE MULTIPLE OPTIONS YOU MAY HAVE IN RALEIGH A WAY COUNTY. YOU HAVE A FEW PROVIDERS, YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHO COVERS A PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD, WORK WITH THEM TO GET THE DEVICES OUT , MAKE SURE THEY HAVE LAPTOPS AND HELPDESK TO GET ONLINE. >> A LOT OF WORK IN A LITTLE AMOUNT OF TIME. HOW ARE YOU ABLE TO ADDRESS THE DIGITAL DIVIDE ACROSS THE STATE? >> WE ARE WORKING ON DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS TO OBTAIN DEVICES. THERE IS MONEY FLOWING FROM BOTH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND STATE LEGISLATURE THROUGH THE NORTH CAROLINA PANDEMIC RECOVERY OFFICE THAT IS TRYING TO GET DEVICES OUT TO STUDENTS. THERE IS NOT ANY MONEY TO COVER SUBSCRIPTION COSTS. THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE WORKING WITH TO TRY TO GET CLARITY ON. IT DOESN'T HELP IF YOU HAVE A HOTSPOT AND CANNOT PAY FOR MONTHLY SERVICE. >> Reporter: THE DIGITAL DIVIDE CAN AFFECT CHILDREN'S LEARNING, CAN IT ALSO AFFECT OTHER ASPECTS OF A CHILD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING? >> YES. AS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE ONLINE LEARNING THAT MAY BE HAPPENING FOR MANY FAMILIES THIS FALL IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR CHILDREN WHEN THEY HAVE GOOD INTERNET ACCESS AND GOOD DEVICES ON WHICH TO LEARN. IN ADDITION, THERE ARE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF COVID-19 THAT ARE AVAILABLE ONLY ONLINE. ACCESS TO INTERNET AND DIGITAL RESOURCES IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT. SOME OF THOSE THINGS WILL BE THINGS LIKE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, COUNSELING SESSIONS THAT ARE BEING DONE ONLINE, EVEN SPEECH THERAPY OR OTHER FORMS OF THERAPY FOR CHILDREN, EXERCISE CLASSES THE CHILDREN NEED TO STAY HEALTHY. ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE HAPPENING ONLINE AS MUCH AS ONLINE LEARNING. THE ACCESS TO INTERNET IS REALLY IMPORTANT. >> ARE YOU AMONG THE PEDIATRICIANS WHO SUPPORT CHILDREN LEARNING IN-PERSON PERSON -- VERSUS ONLINE? >> THIS IS A REALLY CHALLENGING ISSUE FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THE ENTIRE STATE. THERE ARE LOTS OF IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS GOING ON ACROSS THE STATE. I THINK THAT MANY DISTRICTS HAVE MADE A DETERMINATION ABOUT WHAT WILL BE HAPPENING. WHAT I WAS SAY IS THIS, MANY FAMILIES WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WAYS THAT THEIR CHILD CAN LEARN BEST, GIVEN THE PLAN THAT THE DISTRICT HAS ALREADY CHOSEN. IF THE LEARNING OPPORTUNITY FOR THE FALL WILL BE ONLINE ONLY, I THINK THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS FAMILIES CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT IS AS SUCCESSFUL AS POSSIBLE. ONE IS TALKING WITH TEACHERS AT SCHOOL ABOUT IF THE CHILD HAS NEEDS THAT NEED ACCOMMODATIONS THROUGH THE LEARNING PLANS ONLINE. ANOTHER IS TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT IF CHILDREN ARE GOING TO LEARN ONLINE THEY CAN HAVE ACCESS WITH APPROPRIATE INTERNET AND DIGITAL DEVICES. >> Reporter: MRS. KELLY, ARE YOU CONVINCED ALL THE CHILDREN IN OUR STATE WHO NEED THAT ACCESS WILL BE ABLE TO RECEIVE IT IN THE FALL? >> I DO NOT THINK EVERYONE WILL HAVE HIGH-SPEED, HIGH QUALITY BROADBAND. WE KNOW IN RURAL AREAS THERE ARE SPOTS THAT ARE NOT COVERED. GOVERNOR COOPER HAS BEEN PUSHING FOR MORE FUNDING THROUGHOUT THE STATE TO GET HIGH QUALITY BROADBAND, IT IS JUST NOT THERE YET. WHAT WE ARE DOING IS TRYING TO GET OUT THE BEST WE CAN AND WORK WITH THESE SCHOOLS WHO ARE THE CAPTAINS OF INGENUITY IN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET RESOURCES TO THEIR KIDS. WE ARE WORKING AS A BUSINESS COMMUNITY FOR EDUCATION WHO BRINGS IN A LOT OF PRIVATE INDUSTRY LIKE GOOGLE, APPLE, ALL THE PROVIDERS LIKE AT&T AND VERIZON. THEY ARE ALL AROUND THE TABLE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET RAPID DEPLOYMENT OUT TO GET THE BEST LEARNING EXPERIENCE WE CAN FOR SCHOOL STARTS. >> Reporter: IT TAKES A VILLAGE. DR. FLOWERS, HOW WORRIED ARE YOU ABOUT CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH DURING THIS PROCESS? >> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. TO THINK WE ALL WANT TO REMAIN ATTENTIVE TO CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH THROUGHOUT ONLINE LEARNING, INCLUDING WHEN THEY ARE BACK IN THE CLASSROOMS. THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF STRESSES THAT WORKING PARENTS HAPPEN UNDER AS WELL AS THEIR CHILDREN, LOTS OF RAPID TRANSITION. I ENCOURAGE ALL PARENTS TO BE TALKING WITH HER CHILDREN ABOUT EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH WELL-BEING AND TO SEEK OUT HELP FROM A NUMBER OF SOURCES, INCLUDING MAYBE YOUR CHILD'S DOCTOR IF YOU HAVE CONCERNS. >> Reporter: SUCH GREAT INSIGHT, THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. >>> AS YOUR BACK TO SCHOOL HEADQUARTERS WRAL IS COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION YOU NEED. TWO BIG PIECES OF THE VIRTUAL LEARNING PUZZLE: MAKING SURE YOUR STUDENTS HAVE COMPUTERS AND INTERNET ACCESS. WE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS DOING TO MAKE SURE ALL STUDENTS ARE READY AND THIS IS WHAT WE FOUND. CHAPEL HILL CITY SCHOOLS HAS PROVIDED ALL STUDENTS WITH TECHNOLOGY AND INTERNET RESOURCES. DUHRAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS, FRANKLIN AND THE COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEMS ARE ROLLING OUT DEVICES AND ADDRESSING WI-FI NEEDS SO THAT 100% OF THE STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS. PERSON COUNTY IS WORKING TO SEND OUT 2000 COMPUTERS. ROANOKE RAPIDS SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS A PLAN TO PROVIDE EVERY K- 12 STUDENT WITH A COMPUTER. RIGHT NOW 40% DO NOT HAVE ONE, 38% DO NOT HAVE INTERNET. IN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY 70% OF STUDENTS DO NOT HAVE EITHER, THE PLANS ARE IN THE WORKS TO CHANGE THAT. IN SAMPSON COUNTY THEY ARE ADDRESSING THE NEED FOR 35% OF STUDENTS AND ME COMPUTERS, 25%

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<p>Ok. Rock Sebastian was mentioned, the ac Sebastian mentioned today, it seemed pretty spirited practice that everybody got some got out of their system. Yeah, I mean, that's the only way you can do. It. Certainly don't want to feel sorry for yourselves or anything that it's a new day and you got a new challenge tomorrow, put our best foot forward, you reconfigured the power play units a little bit in practice today is that I'm assuming it's more about execution than personnel at this point. Yeah, it always is. It always comes down to that. We had good players and maybe it was two units doesn't really, you know, scrambling the players around. I don't know how much that's gonna change. You gotta get a little more, um, dialed in on, on, uh, the execution part. You had tr check here for a couple of years. Is there anything that he's doing this series of surprises? No, we talked about him. Yeah. No, and we knew he was a good player so we got him and tried to keep him but didn't work out. I mean, business and, uh, you know, he's certainly been a huge factor how difficult is Canar to deal with. I mean, you know, obviously scored as many points in the head but he's been hardly the only guy that's, well, they got, they got that. I mean, like some real high talent. I mean, that's, that's, you know, you, you could tend to shut them down or try to for a little while but they just need a, a hair and all of a sudden they make you pay and that's, that's why they're elite, you know, um, among the other things that they do, but that's, that's the separator, you, your top on everything we ask for that, you know, below them. They, they're generating all the other ones are generating chances but the goal is high. Is there any concern with that aspect of it? Um, well, yeah, I mean, it's definitely concern. That's why we're in a hole we're in as well. But it's, it's, you know, like, what are you gonna do? You gotta, we know that one area we have to be better at and then the rest side we can't fault around it because it's just, you know, otherwise you have no chance. So we're, we're, you know, in a tough spot. We know that, but it's the old story boring where you gotta just worry about one game and see where it goes, what's missing on the power play that was there and the amateur series there, we'll see what's not. Yeah, I think we're just a little off on. Um, well, it's, listen, you gotta give them credit. I think that's the first thing you do. They're, they're doing their system really well and they're knowing when the pressure and what not, and we just haven't handled that the way we normally do. And I think that's really the beginning of it. Right. Obviously you guys have had a high shot volume for the first three games. Do you think just Durkin's finding more confidence through the more shots he sees? Is there any, you know, adjustment to make under? That's a question for him. I mean, you, you, you know, I think he's made a lot of quality saves too. I mean, I looked at him today and there's a couple that are well, world class, I mean, that and that's a couple that go the other way. That's the difference. I mean, you're not talking about it all you got, you gotta get better shots. I mean, he's been the difference and there's, there's no way around it and you got to give him credit and, you know, you can say we're not getting good enough shots, but you're making some good saves too. Have you made a decision yet on where you're going in that? No, no. Yeah. Right back to and we keep going power for all these reasons. Just do you, do you guys need to make quicker decisions with party, party? I mean, it's the right decision. It's not quicker. I mean, we were good all year. It's just right now we have, uh, you know, really? Yeah, I didn't love it again. The is in this series, I thought it was ok. But we, we hit a three game snag here and the wrong time of the year to hit it. What is that? Is that comfort in routine as a hockey player? You do the same things all season and then things get difficult like this. Do you, do you find some comfort in the routines that you have? Yeah, that's a good question. Um, I think you probably do, you know, um, something you can rely on something, you know, it's that they always, that next day mentality that we have in this league. And, um, and what's done is done, you gotta worry about the next thing that's on your plate. So, and I think that's, that's a good way to look at it. How do you balance desperation and what that means for your guys versus overdo it a bit. Yeah, I think the one thing that I, I love always about this group is that they, and you watch this fight. I mean, we pretty much always play that way. So it's not about, you know, I try to do too much or too long and I think they, they, they do what they always can and I'm assuming I'll do that again tomorrow. Consider the circumstances where you're happy with where your team work today. Very p yeah, very good. I mean, we, we all are grown here, man. We understand the situation but what you have to also approach it the right way and it's a great opportunity. We're still, we're still playing and uh you know, I think the focus is just on trying to find that to get that much better. All right. Thanks a lot. Thanks for the great.</p>

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