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Thousands of Philly students are stuck at home without internet after coronavirus closed schools

About 14,700 kids in Philadelphia didn’t own a computer in 2018, according to the latest census estimates. And thousands more lack the internet connection they need to learn from home.

Graffiti that reads "COVID 19" is pictured in Fishtown. As the coronavirus crisis shuts down city schools, thousands of students in Philadelphia, the hometown of the country’s largest internet service provider, are without access to the internet.
Graffiti that reads "COVID 19" is pictured in Fishtown. As the coronavirus crisis shuts down city schools, thousands of students in Philadelphia, the hometown of the country’s largest internet service provider, are without access to the internet.Read moreTIM TAI / Staff Photographer