this is "nightline." live and learn. schools shuttered across the country. teachers forced to find new ways to connect. experimenting in remote learning. a digital divide, threatening to log some out of opportunities. >> i have a few families that did not have devices or internet access at home. plus, staying sober, battling addiction in a socially distant world. >> becoming isolated has become a huge trigger not just for me but others with substance abuse issues. >> support groups go online. >> once i saw a face that i knew, i felt that feeling of

togetherness once again. "nightline" starts right now. with byron pitts. >> good evening. thank you for joining us. ask any parent or teacher during the pandemic. learning online can be tough. for many families, the biggest challenge is not the schoolwork. it's getting access to the internet. ♪ >> this is my kitchen or my makeshift classroom. >> there's my desk. on the or side is my white board. >> this is my new classroom. in my basement. my daughter's dance floor is now my desk. >> teaching in america looks quite different these days. when more than 100,000 schools across the country were forced to close their doors in march, 55 million students were deprived of their traditional classrooms. >> we can't throw away one fourth of our school year. so our teachers are doing remote instruction, using a whole host of different softwares and

online applications. >> teachers, students and parents alike thrown into a new academic experiment, remote learning. >> i had several families that did not have access to print capabilities and a few families that did not have devices or internet access at home. >> perhaps the biggest challenge, technology as well as the lack of access to it. >> on the kids aend, they're all using different providers and different devices and it is hard to navigate technical problems. >> in fact, the digital divide is one of the biggest problems facing educators, and the pandemic is emphasizing the haves andave-ts. re tn a quarter of homes in the u.s. lack internet service. >> i'm doing this for my

teacher. >> this family of five in seville, ohio, finishing up their last few assignments. >> this is my rtc book. >> their father bob works as a general contractor, while their mother erin works at navigating their new classroom. when the pandemic hit in march, their elementary school gave the family a chrome book. >> we live in a rural area of ohio where satellite is our only option, and it's very expensive to set up. and think wanted $400 to set up the satellite, $100 a month after that. we don't have devices, hand-held devices. we have a smartphone, which i'm using now, but that's it. >> using erin's phone for internet access wasn't reliable. i can't tell you how many times my oldest daughter would do an assignment, go to turn it in and mid assignment it would turn off

or say "incomplete send." you know, she would have to redo the whole assignment. >> the family usually goes with the town's library for internet. with the library closed they had no other options but to rely on good old-fashioned paper. >> right now we do have families that come in on tuesdays and thursdays and pick up materials for instruction. >> although the majority of students have been able to get online there were enough that could not, so clover leaf elementary school set up a system called paper-pencil. >> we have a system for pickup and dropoff and they are providing a bin where students can pick up new materials and drop off completed materials. >> you wanto find ms. watkins over here. there's yours. go find yours.

you can set your test there by the papers. >> i know everyone is trying their best and this is all new, but there's just been a lot of let down as far as some teachers not checking in daily. >> the pandemic has revealed enormous inequalities in homes, in schools, in families. so the technological challenges are large, and they are very much connected to a family's financial resources. >> in tulsa, oklahoma, the dual language academy, it wasn't just the digital divide that was the challenge. a language divide as well. here the curriculum is designed for bilingual and biliteral students. this kindergarten teacher leads her classes in spanish. a class for 25 kids is now done 25 times. once for each child. [ speaking in foreign language ]

>> this experiment has also been an adjustment for parents. patrick sanchez jr. is in the first grade did at the dual aca. his mother works nights at the tulsa police department. >> with the spanish, since i'm bilingual, i'm able to hepa trick with that part more. we're not having to struggle. >> patrick's father works full time during the day, so he's there to help with homework at night. he thinks remote learning has been working for their family only because both parents have been able to pitch in. >> if it was up to me, probably wouldn't work as well. but we're very fortunate. >> if a child has a parent at home they can sit with and who can coach them through lessons and help them work through worksheets, as were the teacher, were she on zoom, then the kid's

probably going to do okay. the real divide i worry about is not one in broadband or laptop access. it's access to an adult who can help you with your schooling throughout the day. >> beth grounds has been teaching second grade at marshall t. elementary for 17 years. a lot has been new for the past two months. >> good morning, tiffany, how are you? >> in between teaching math and science, there was crazy hat day. >> oh, my gosh, i love your hat. you look great. did you make your own hat? zoe, and oliver, are you there? >> as well as getting lessons to those who lack technology. >> i will be out delivering pacts to students. i have one for omari, sophia, avery. >> i have some homework. >> grounds says educational apps have been key to making her lesson plans work.

yet something was still missing. >> i believe that there's a certain magic that happens in the classroom. they learn so much just from the face-to-face communication. how to share, how to compromise. >> last friday, a bittersweet moment. back where she would like to be, but only to pack up. >> it was here one day and gone the next, and really didn't have a chance to say their good-byes. >> hallways once jammed with hundreds of students now quiet and empty. >> and it really is sinking in that it is over. >> in two short months, the pandemic upended traditional learning. now educators are focussed on improving new ways of learning both on and offline. >> if we don't do anything differently and try to start the school year, the curriculum as usual, we're going to see a huge divide. we know that some part of

learning is going to have to stay remote. social distancing is going to mean that we can't have every classroom as full of kids. so we need to find a way to make remote learning work. >> back in ohio, co-principal mike moody is already re-imagining how the school experiment will continue to evolve. >> we have about three months until school reconvenes in august. so i think about how much has changed in just two months and the possibility of how much could change with our knowledge of the virus, our ability to provide remote instruction, providing ppe that could protect staff and students. so we're concerned about our students. we miss our students. there's a lot of stress and anxiety out there, and we're looking at the next chapter. >> the fcc this month announced it will grant some americans temporary access to faster internet speeds to keep more people connected during the

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there's no denying, we are a nation under stress. but for those who suffer from addiction, these times can be especially hard. here's abc's deborah roberts. >> reporter: quarantinis. quarat dangerous and detrimental for those in recovery. >> i couldn't face the reality of my life. >> becoming isolated has been a huge trigger, napolitaot just f but for everybody with substance abuse issues. >> it doesn't help that alcohol's flowing freely. in march, alcohol sales jumped 55%. in the month of april, up 477% versus one year prior. and throw in those funny memes, helping justify an afternoon swig, even if working at home, and life in quarantine feels like one big party.

some see it as a nice distraction with all the social distancing. >> oftentimes people reach to unhealthy habits in the time of great personal stress. >> actress jada pinkett smith admitted as much on her facebook live show "red table talk." >> old emotional habits try to creep back in, habits that would justify, let me just get out a bottle of wine and just kick it, oh, not you, that one bottle will turn into two. >> harmony hobs knows that temptation too. >> no matter what time i get up in the morning i can never get ahead of the crazy. >> harmony, sharing her struggles online, writing, full-time isolation with my three children without access to the things i grew to depend on for my sanity and well-being with no end in sight. >> i don't get a break from being a parent. i feel really emotionally

depleted. so right now i'm in my car, because this is the only place i can go. >> how difficult is it right now during this period, staying sober? >> so getting sober was the hardest thing i've ever had to do in my life. staying sober during this pandemic is a close second to that. >> three years sober, harmony, like many parents, is home schooling during the pandemic. juggling motherhood and her sobriety. >> this is the time of day where i really start to feel the urge to drink, when my kids are melting down. and i'm going on hour, like, ten. but i'm making the choice to stay sober today. >> some days it's an uphill battle. >> my kids are eating frozen waffles and watching youtube.

and i'm about to log into zoom. because i need a meeting. >> what does that feel like when this struggle is really hitting you at this point? >> i usually have an escape. i can go somewhere with my children. like we can go to the park or the library. and when those things are removed, it feels very isolating. >> harmony has lots of company. last year more than 22 million americans needed treatment for substance abuse. and now, with millions cut off from physical support systems, addiction experts fear they'll see overdoses, reversing declines of recent years. >> after the crisis passes, we may see a real deluge of additional patients needing addiction treatment. >> i want you to hear it from me. >> that concern led jessica hoppy to tearfully reveal her addiction on instagram.

>> i, i am an alcoholic. sd >> pandemic, she says, hit hard. was it a ton of bricks? >> i felt like my sobriety was a thing i had secured under my belt, and this really just turned it all upside down. it really took me back to scarqe one. >> nearly four years sober, she was hesitant to attend aa meetings online but was desperate for a face of recovery. >> once i saw a face i knew i felt that whole feeling of togetherness again. >> still, she says the switch to zoom meetings has not been easy. can you feel secure and safe having an aa meeting online? >> they will say it's prohibited to record this, but, you know, something may happen. >> something like a zoom bombing. recent incidents of uninvited guest bursting into online meetings. >> all precautions are taken.

passwords, every room is password protected now. the reality is keeping people safe. and no one wants to suffer more trauma. >> as for aa, the organization is trying to evolve and told us, as the global situation related to coronavirus continues to develop, we're fully committed to our role as a resource center, to help navigate the unprecedented public health emergency. in the meantime, new apps are springing up to provide intensive addiction support online. monument offers even online medical therapists. service is in big demand right now. >> people who have developed support systems or access to treatment are now separated or disconnected from that and they depend on it. >> goal, to take the stress out of the finding treatment. >> we have a network of physicians and therapists who can work with you to develop that plan and customize it to the needs of our members.

>> these virtual communities giving many like harmony and jessica a much-needed lifeline. a lot of people have said that they've found some silver linings in this pandemic, but, when you're in recovery, is it harder to find a silver lining? >> the siller lining is that i'm sober. i'm so grateful that i have some traction and experience in that. because the core struggles are a feeling of powerlessness and uncertainty. >> for "nightline," i'm deborah roberts. >> our thanks to debra. next, wiz kids printing ppe in 3d.

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