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Verizon Innovative Learning Schools Recognized for Addressing Digital Divide During Pandemic

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Closing the digital divide became even more important last year as students without reliable internet access at home struggled to connect to their classes. Our team worked tirelessly to meet the needs of our schools and educators across this country under the most challenging of circumstances.”.

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How Community Coalitions Are Bridging the Digital Divide

Digital Promise

Across the country, local networks known as Education Innovation Clusters (EdClusters) are bringing together partners and resources to meet urgent needs and envision a new future for teaching and learning. Their collective efforts are meeting a range of needs—from internet access to devices to social-emotional supports.

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The Universal Laptop Program Helping One State Narrow the Digital Divide

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As a result many states have reintroduced virtual and hybrid learning options as new COVID-19 cases continue to soar. And one, Mississippi, has made important strides in closing the digital divide through a pandemic response plan that took each school district’s unique needs and challenges into account.

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Colleges Are Providing Tech to Students to Shrink the Digital Divide

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But administrators realized that the problem they were trying to treat—the digital divide—was less like a mild cut and more like a deep wound. One is to prepare students for the additional online courses the system is looking to offer even after the pandemic, to meet student demand for remote options.

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How Can We Close the Digital Learning Gap This School Year?

Digital Promise

Last year, my predecessor, Karen Cator outlined ways in which we can finally close the Digital Learning Gap. Digital learning also strengthens each teacher’s ability to meet the needs of each student, regardless of whether they are in the classroom or at home.” appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Here’s How Colleges Should Help Close the Digital Divide in the COVID-Era

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One key problem prevalent in many low-socioeconomic communities around the nation—like San Antonio, which now has the highest poverty rate of the country's 25 largest metro areas —is the digital divide. A laptop loan program alone fails to meet the need if the student doesn’t have internet connectivity at home.

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Majority of districts now meet FCC’s school internet connectivity goal

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The latest statistics come from Connected Nation’s (CN) Connect K-12 Program’s 2023 Report on School Connectivity , released in collaboration with Funds For Learning (FFL). In fact, the cost is substantially higher for those school districts not meeting that level of connectivity. Key points: U.S. per megabit.

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