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How one city closed the digital divide for nearly all its students

The Hechinger Report

After schools went remote in 2020, Jessica Ramos spent hours that spring and summer sitting on a bench in front of her local Oakland Public Library branch in the vibrant and diverse Dimond District. Inside Castlemont’s media center in May 2021, Chromebook carts are completely empty. OAKLAND, Calif.

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A year of personalized learning: Mistakes, moving furniture and making it work

The Hechinger Report

District officials theorized that students’ disillusionment with the curriculum contributed to Vista High’s 10 percent dropout rate. With part of the grant money, Vista turned its library into a “learning commons.” War, peace and Chromebooks. Before the Chromebooks, Mills had to borrow her grandmother’s computer.

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Personalized Learning: Mistakes, Moving Furniture and Making it Work

MindShift

District officials theorized that students’ disillusionment with the curriculum contributed to Vista High’s 10 percent dropout rate. With part of the grant money, Vista turned its library into a “learning commons.” War, peace and Chromebooks. Before the Chromebooks, Mills had to borrow her grandmother’s computer.

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‘Backpacks full of boulders’: How one district is addressing the trauma undocumented children bring to school

The Hechinger Report

The school stocks several Spanish titles in the library, and Woodson encouraged the children to keep up their Spanish. Prince George’s County distributed free Chromebooks and mobile Wi-Fi units but often these kids and their relatives don’t know how to log on or how to troubleshoot.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Student workers at the University of Chicago’s library have voted to unionize. “ Microsoft is really scared of Chromebooks in businesses and schools,” according to The Verge. Via Inside Higher Ed : “The College of New Rochelle on Monday announced 32 layoffs, including 10 tenured faculty members.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” (Did you know he recorded his first mixtape at the Chicago Public Library’s YOUmedia studio ?). Luster lost to Chromebooks, apparently. ” Via Real Clear Education : “ K–12 Predictive Analytics : Time for Better Dropout Diagnosis.” ” More via The New York Times. Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

’” Via Education Week : “ FCC Seeks Comment on Access to WiFi for Schools and Libraries.” Meanwhile, the state has given initial approval for ECOT to become a “dropout school.” ” “Caution: Chromebooks ,” writes Gary Stager. ” Immigration and Education.