LOS ANGELES — Seven in 10 voters do not believe that every neighborhood in Los Angeles Unified School District has a good school — and an even higher number believes that a digital divide is holding back students from access to full educational opportunity.
In the poll of likely voters, commissioned by the nonprofit Great Public Schools Now, 73% said no when asked: "Today, do you think that every neighborhood in Los Angeles has a good K-12 school, or not?" Fourteen percent did not know or declined to answer; 12% said yes.
When asked about access to technology for education, 78% said they agreed with this statement: "There is a 'digital divide' in Los Angeles — families in underserved communities often pay more for the internet and/or have poor quality internet access, all of which puts their children at a disadvantage at school."
