With kids at home and classes online, students are extra reliant on technology. But that's not an easy lift in lower-income districts that lack funding and resources. POLITICO's Nicole Gaudiano and Maya King explain how the pandemic — and decades of education policy — have exacerbated the digital divide. Plus, a Republican-led report investigating Joe Biden and his son doesn't really have anything new in it. And California's governor wants to ban gas-fueled cars by 2035.

Nicole Gaudiano is an education reporter for POLITICO.
Maya King covers race, demographics and the 2020 election for POLITICO.
Jeremy Siegel is a host for POLITICO Dispatch.
Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.
Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio.

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