The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 25, 2021
As teachers develop lesson plans, they also face lingering questions, in Maine and nationally, over the possibility of a return to remote learning and concerns about ensuring all students have access to the devices and high-quality broadband they need to do classwork and homework. 18, 2021, in Brunswick, Maine.
Tom Murray
JANUARY 12, 2016
Equity in access, from broadband to devices is a concern and something that districts need to work to meet head on. “ As districts became more in tune with these issues in 2015, the move to Chromebooks continued to grow. With the new year now upon us, listed below are six edtech resolutions for 2016.
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Edsurge
OCTOBER 14, 2018
After conducting a survey in 2015, district leaders found that while a surprising number of students have access to broadband, the biggest obstacle to technological access rural students face is the lack of devices. Some students live off the grid, in homes only reachable by four-wheel drive vehicles.
The Hechinger Report
MARCH 26, 2018
When administrators in Ohio’s Mentor Public Schools were buying MacBooks during the 2015-16 school year, the local Best Buy was offering a lower price than Apple, even after the company’s standard discount for school districts. On Chromebook purchases, some districts paid up to $90 more for the same product and services.
Education Superhighway
MARCH 7, 2017
Our network consultants first met David in September 2015. Now, the district has started purchasing more devices including carts of Chromebooks and iPads. Click here to learn more about EducationSuperHighway’s free broadband upgrade consulting program. With their infrastructure needs taken care of, Jal’s future looks bright.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 23, 2020
In the weeks that followed, the district surveyed parents about their technology needs, took an inventory of devices such as Chromebooks and Wi-Fi hotspots, and assembled digital learning content under one portal that teachers and students could access easily.
eSchool News
SEPTEMBER 22, 2015
In 2015, nearly 80 percent of surveyed elementary students reported using a tablet regularly compared with 66 percent in 2014. Nearly 70 percent of middle school students in the survey used a tablet regularly in 2015 compared to 58 percent in 2014. 7, and March 11, 2015, among 2,274 students in grades 4-12. college students.
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