02/01/2022 04:38:23 PMWhen schools turned to online learning amid COVID-19, a lack of internet and digital devices put Latino students in rural areas at a disadvantage academically, according to a new study by University of Houston College of Education Professor Jorge Gonzalez. Gonzalez and his student research team found that one third of the Latino families surveyed in south central Texas did not have access to the internet. At the time of the survey in fall 2020, over half lacked digital devices, such as iPads, laptops and computers.