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

The Hechinger Report

We have this huge digital divide that’s making it hard for [students] to get their education,” she said. David Silver, the director of education for the mayor’s office, said people talked about the digital divide, but there had never been enough energy to tackle it. We can’t afford not to.”.

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OPINION: Here’s why chronically underfunded HBCUs are needed now more than ever

The Hechinger Report

Students who have been underserved by a deeply inequitable education system often undergo a remarkable transformation at an HBCU. It has amplified HBCUs’ underfunding by putting new strains on education budgets. Second, we’ve taken ownership of the digital divide at the institutional level. Across the U.S.,

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Homework in a McDonald’s parking lot: Inside one mother’s fight to help her kids get an education during coronavirus

The Hechinger Report

Johnson also didn’t want her children to go through the next two months with no educational tools beyond the worksheets she’d picked up from the Greenville Public School District and limited access to online materials through Kentiona’s phone, shared between the four of them. Meanwhile, education is just one role schools fill.

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Students have their own demands for school reopening

The Hechinger Report

Those efforts are driven not only by individual students but also by a movement of youth-led organizations advocating for a greater student voice in educational decision-making. She’s also a senior advisor with Student Voice, a national organization that aims to help students take action on issues involving their education.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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*Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. (Oh National) Education Politics. State and Local) Education Politics. Immigration and Education.