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FCC weighs cuts to school internet subsidies

The Federal Communications Commission is conducting a wide-ranging review of the federal program that provides internet subsidies to schools in the name of curbing screen time. But schools say losing internet access would be catastrophic for students.

Erica Meltzer, national editor at Chalkbeat, joins us to discuss.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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