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Student Voice: Two Weeks, Five Siblings and One Working Laptop. How I Navigated the Nation’s Largest School System in Search of an iPad and What It Taught Me About America’s Digital Divide

Brandon Yam (far left), his parents and 5 siblings.

By Brandon Yam

April 13, 2020

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Brandon Yam is a junior at Francis Lewis High School in New York City, where he is national news editor at his school newspaper, FLHSNews.

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