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Verizon Innovative Learning Schools Recognized for Addressing Digital Divide During Pandemic

Digital Promise

Closing the digital divide became even more important last year as students without reliable internet access at home struggled to connect to their classes. Courses such as “Moving Forward with Hybrid Learning” and “Creating Digitally Inclusive and Accessible Learning Experiences” are aligned with Digital Promise micro-credentials.

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Satellite Broadband Is Expanding. Can That Reduce the Digital Divide?

Edsurge

Each of the satellites will offer more than one terabyte per second of total network output, a thousand times the capacity of the company's first generation satellites, which the company says will allow educators and students across the country to connect “significantly” better.

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Digital divide: Gap is narrowing, but how will schools maintain progress?

The Hechinger Report

Nationwide, significant progress has been made since March 2020 on closing the digital divide – the chasm between those K-12 learners who have access to reliable internet and computing devices at home and those who don’t. The post Digital divide: Gap is narrowing, but how will schools maintain progress?

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5 Pandemic Learning Gains

The Innovative Educator

Pre-pandemic there was an enormous digital divide. All this when Chromebooks were available for around $200 (or $50 - $75 a year per student). Access to the Internet The pandemic no longer allowed elected officials to ignore the digital divide. Normal was a digital divide.

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Kajeet Announces Launch of 2022 Homework Gap Grant Program for K-12 Schools and Districts, Colleges and Universities, and Public Libraries

eSchool News

At Kajeet, we believe internet access is a basic human right and are fully committed to efforts aimed at closing the digital divide,” said Daniel J. For a decade, Kajeet has been working with education and community leaders to close the digital divide for students, known as the “Homework Gap.”

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How Educators Can Empower Students Through Technology

Ask a Tech Teacher

Address the digital divide. As thousands of school districts across the country have rolled out remote learning, many have discovered that students have very different sets of resources when it comes to digital education tools. Some districts are shipping off Chromebooks to students. The data tells the tale.

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Closing the Communication Chasm for Schools and Families

Edsurge

Unfortunately, for many schools and districts, the need for digital services and software to support basic communication between teachers, parents and students across the digital divide is one that is often overlooked and underfunded. For schools across the country, there is a digital chasm.