The Hechinger Report
APRIL 14, 2022
Inside Castlemont’s media center in May 2021, Chromebook carts are completely empty. In the early days of the pandemic, every Chromebook on campus was lent out to students during remote learning. As funding came in, the next step was to buy the Chromebooks and hot spots. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 1, 2020
Gutierrez and Williams spent 90 minutes standing on the sidewalk outside the house in the Texas sun, at arm’s length from the students, showing them how to sign into Google Classroom on their school-provided Chromebooks and helping their father figure out passwords. The siblings logged on for the remainder of the school year.
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The Hechinger Report
MAY 19, 2022
Much as she loves technology, Wilkins-Walker said, “I have never wanted to be an online teacher.”. Last school year she taught to a Chromebook, filled with dark squares where kids’ faces ought to have been. “I The pandemic will create that dropout crisis if schools just focus on 11th and 12th graders and trying to catch them up.
The Hechinger Report
MARCH 24, 2020
Goulart’s district is providing Chromebooks to all students and wifi hotspots to those who don’t have access to the internet at home. Oregon State University was one of the first schools to extend its admissions-deposit deadline from May 1 to June 1. Photo: AP /Rick Bowmer. But not all school districts are able to provide technology.
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 28, 2017
But, over here, we use a Chromebook, and the classrooms, if you prefer to stand up when you work, a lot of classrooms have high tables with no chairs. Tell me a little bit about the personalized curriculum at your school. In Riverside, in the classrooms, it was all, like, sit at a desk and just work on an English paper or stuff like that.
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 20, 2020
“My biggest worry is the kids I’ve gotten no response from,” said Rose, who is retiring in June and never expected to end her career struggling with online teaching. Some might not have a Chromebook or internet. Related: Teachers need lots of training to do online learning. I’m calling and emailing them constantly.
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 16, 2017
The centerpiece of Summit’s franchising effort, called Basecamp, is its Personalized Learning Platform, or PLP, a free, open-sourced learning management system that boasts a full curriculum for grades 6 through 12, including projects, online learning resources and tests. Photo: Chris Berdik.
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